Saffarides

The dynasty of the Saffarides of Perse controlled a transitory empire centered on the Sistan, a border region between the Afghanistan and the current Iran, between 861 and 1003. The capital of Saffarides was Zarandj in Afghanistan.

The dynasty was founded by - and took its name of - Ya `qûb bin Layth have-Saffâr, a modest man of origin which began its life obscurely as ironmonger (Arab Saffâr ) in the east of Iran. He became a lord of war and took the control of the area of Sistan, then conquering most of current Iran by using this area as bases of an aggressive expansion towards the east and the west.

With its death, it had conquered the Khorassan (thus putting a term at the regional dynasty of the Tahirides) as well as parts of the north of the India and west of Iran, reaching Baghdad almost. The empire saffaride hardly survived dead of Ya `qûb.

His/her brother and successor `Amr bin Layth were beaten by the Samanides in 900. It was forced to restore Khorassan, and Saffarides thereafter were primarily confined with the area of Sistan, their role being tiny room to those of vassal of Samanides and their successors.

It is interesting to note however that branches of this dynasty were the vassal Ghaznévides then Mongolian until the end of the 15th century.

Leaders of the dynasty of Saffarides (until the conquest of the Ghaznévides)

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