The Saffarid dynasty begins with Ya'qub ibn…

865 CE

The Saffarid dynasty begins with Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (Ya'qub, son of Layth, the Coppersmith), a coppersmith who had moved to the city of Zaranj.

He had left work to become an Ayyar (literally, ‘vagabond”, eferring to a person associated with a class of warriors in Iraq and Iran) and eventually gathers the power to act as an independent ruler.

From his capital Zaranj, …

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Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar View →

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