Saffarid dynasty
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| Saffarid Dynasty سلسله صفاریان |
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| Capital | Zaranj | |||
| Language(s) | Persian | |||
| Government | Monarchy | |||
| Emir | ||||
| - 867–879 | Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar | |||
| - 963–1002 | Khalaf I | |||
| Historical era | Medieval | |||
| - Established | 861 | |||
| - Disestablished | 1002 | |||
The Saffarids or the Saffarid dynasty (Persian: سلسله صفاریان) was a Persian empire.[1][2] They ruled in Sistan from 861–1002. Sistan was a historical region in southeastern Iran, southwestern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.[3] Their capital was Zaranj, located in present-day Afghanistan.
References [change]
- ↑ The Cambridge History of Iran, by Richard Nelson Frye, William Bayne Fisher, John Andrew Boyle (Cambridge University Press, 1975: ISBN 0-521-20093-8), pg. 121.
- ↑ The Encyclopedia of World History, ed. Peter N. Stearns and William Leonard Langer (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), 115.
- ↑ Nancy Hatch Dupree, An Historical Guide To Afghanistan - "Sites in Perspective" (Chapter 3) Link
