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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.

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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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