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2 unusual facts about Saffarid dynasty


Saffarid dynasty

Ya'qub then turned his focus to the west and began attacks on Khorasan, Khuzestan, Kerman and Fars.

By the time of Ya'qub's death, he had conquered the Kabul Valley, Sindh, Tocharistan, Makran (Balochistan), Kerman, Fars, Khorasan, and nearly reached Baghdad but then suffered a defeat by the Abbasids.


'Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Quraysh

He ruled Fars until 869, when he was defeated and captured by Ya'qub ibn al-Layth, the Saffarid amir of Sistan.


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