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	Wikipedia: Tahirid
		The Tahirid dynasty ruled the northeastern Persian region of Khorasan between AD Although nominally subject to the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad, the Tahirid rulers were effectively independent.
		The dynasty was founded by Tahir ibn Husayn, a leading general in the service of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun.
		The Tahirids were overthrown in 873 by the Saffarid dynasty, who annexed Khorasan to their own empire in eastern Persia.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/t/ta/tahirid.html (116 words)

	Chronology of World Events History Summary
		Saffarid troops fail to conquer Baghdad, but in 879 their leader is recognized by the Abbāsid caliph as governor of the eastern provinces of the Muslim empire.
		The Fātimid, Dynasty is founded when Al-Mahdi–, a member of a family claiming descent from Fatimah, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, declares himself caliph of Tunis and begins his family's gradual conquest of all of North Africa.
		The Juchen conquer the Liao Dynasty in northern China and proclaim the Chin Dynasty.
	www.bookrags.com /history/arthistory/chronology-of-world-events-ahe-03 (5069 words)

	Iranica.com - YA¿QUB b. LAYT¨ b. MO¿ADDAL
		Idem, "The armies of the S®affa@rids," BSOAS 31, 1968, pp.
		Idem, The History of the Saffarids of Sistan and the Maliks of Nimruz, Costa Mesa and New York, 1994, pp.
		Idem, The New Islamic Dynasties, Edinburgh, 1996, pp.
	www.iranica.com /articles/sup/Yaqub_Layth.html (1353 words)

	History of Iran: Saffarid Dynasty
		The territories of the Saffarids reached the limit of their expansion during the rule of Yaqoub and his brother Amr.
		In the north and northwest all of Khorasan, Gorgan and Tabarestan were Saffarid territory and in the south the Saffarids occupied Kerman and Fars.
		After Amr the domain of the Saffarids was limited to Sistan and the Saffarid princes were the vassals of the powerful Iranian dynasties which came into existence one after another, such as the Samanids, the Ghaznavids, the Khwarazm-Shahs, the Il-Khanids, the Karts, the Timurids and the Safavids.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/saffarids/saffarids.php (526 words)

	Iranica.com - K¨ALAF B. AH®MAD b. Moháammad, Abu Ahámad
		K¨alaf was the son of Amir Abu Ja¿far Ahámad, who had restored the fortunes of the Saffarid house after the overthrow of the "first line" of the dynasty.
		With his deposition, the Saffarid line almost certainly came to an end, since there are no firm grounds for connecting the later Maleks of Nimruz with the former dynasty.
		Idem, The History of the Saffarids of Sista@n and the Maliks of Nimruz (247/861 to 949/1542-3), Costa Mesa and New York, 1994, pp.
	www.iranica.com /articles/sup/Khalaf.html (763 words)

	The Tahirid dynasty ruled the northeastern Persia Persian region of Khorasan... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The "Tahirid" dynasty ruled the northeastern Persia Persian region of Khorasan Khorasan between AD The Tahirid capital was Nishapur Nishapur.
		The dynasty was founded by Tahir ibn Husayn Tahir ibn Husayn, a leading general in the service of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun al-Ma'mun.
		The Tahirids were overthrown in 873 by the Saffarid Saffarid dynasty, who annexed Khorasan to their own empire in eastern Persia.
	www.biodatabase.de /Tahirids (174 words)

	Saffarid Dynasty -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The dynasty's founder, Ya'qub ebn Leys as-Saffar (“the coppersmith”), took control of his native province, Seistan, around 866.
		From 1613 until 1917 Russia was ruled by czars and czarinas (kings and queens) of the Romanov Dynasty.
		The best-known members of the dynasty were Peter I the Great, Catherine II the Great, Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander III, and Nicholas II.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9064714 (758 words)

	The Modern Magazine for Persian Weddings, Cuisine, Culture & Community
		Samanid Dynasty 900- 999 CE As the first native dynasty to come to power in Iran after the Muslim Arab conquest, the Samanid dynasty is known for reviving Persian nationalism and pride.
		Saffarid Dynasty 861-900 CE In 861 CE a man named Yaqub conquered the region of Sistan began expanding east to Kabol and then north to Kerman.
		The Saffarids rule reached its limits during the rule of Yaqoub and Amr.
	www.persianmirror.com /culture/history/samanid.cfm (1072 words)

	junevi20
		The Saffarid dynasty ruled in Iran from 867 to 903.
		This dynasty conquered Khurasan Seistan, Faris, Kirman, Herat and Balakh.
		The fifth ruler of the Samanid dynasty, ‘Abdu’l-Malik, had appointed one of his servants, Alaptagin as governor of Khurasan.
	www.renaissance.com.pk /junevi20.htm (1289 words)

	Saffarid
		Saffarid, a dynasty of Sistan that flourished in the 9th cent., ruling (867–1495) in E Persia.
		Saffarid governors retained nominal local power until the late 15th cent., despite territorial encroachment by the Ghaznavids and the
		Samanid - Samanid, Muslim Persian dynasty that ruled (819–1005) in Khorasan and Transoxiana as vassals...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0842927.html (166 words)

	IRAN: An Introduction- History
		Many other dynasties and monarchies succeeded the country until the Pahlavi, that was once again demolished by the Islamic Revolution under the leadership of Imam Khomeini, in a way similar to its predecessors.
		The birth of the Saffarid dynasty by Yaqub Saffar who was the first leader to unite Persians under the Shi'ite flag.
		The rise of the Samanid dynasty in Northeastern Persia.
	www.enel.ucalgary.ca /People/far/hobbies/iran/history.html (792 words)

	Articles - Khuzestan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But this astonishing period of glory and splendour of the Achaemenian dynasty came to an end by the conquests of Alexander of Macedon.
		During the Sassanid dynasty this area thrived tremendously and flourished, and this dynasty was responsible for the many constructions that were erected in Ahvaz, Shushtar, and the north of Andimeshk.
		From that point on, Iranian dynasties would continue to rule the region in succession as an important part of Iran.
	www.winacea.com /articles/Khuzestan (2598 words)

	Samanids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Samanids, eastern Persian dynasty that flourished during the 9th and 10th centuries.
		The Samanids next overthrew the short-lived Saffarid dynasty of Persia and made themselves masters of a vast empire stretching from India to Mesopotamia, under the nominal overlordship of the caliph of Baghdad.
		Under the Samanids, Persian poetry developed and the city of Bukhoro, in what is now Uzbekistan, became the intellectual center of Islam.
	www.stormloader.com /users/bella14/Samanids.html (114 words)

	Search Results for "aghlabid"
		Under the Aghlabid dynasty (800-909), it remained the chief center of commerce...
		11 800-909 THE AGHLABID DYNASTY, founded by Ibrahim ibn Aghlab, an Abbasid governor of the...
		...part of the country came under the influence of dynasties centered in Tunisia (notably the Aghlabid of Kairouan) and the western part was controlled by states centered...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?query=aghlabid&db=db&cmd=context&id=38d47e14388 (173 words)

	Tahirid dynasty - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Tahirid dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tahirid dynasty - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Tahirid dynasty.
		Here you will find more informations about Tahirid dynasty.
		The Tahirid dynasty ruled the northeastern Persian region of Khorasan between AD The Tahirid capital was Nishapur.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Tahirid-dynasty.html (176 words)

	Central Asian History, Part 1
		The rise of the Saffarid dynasty (Shi'ite) in Persia.
		The Persian Samanid dynasty (Sunni) obtains the administration of Transoxiana, with its capital in Bukhara, from the Caliph.
		The establishment of the Kipchak Turkic Mamluke dynasty in Egypt.
	www.oxuscom.com /cahist1.htm (1988 words)

	Search Results for coppersmith - Encyclopædia Britannica
		founder of the Saffarid Empire, who rose from obscurity to rule much of present Iran as well as portions of Afghanistan and Pakistan; at one point he came close to capturing Baghdad, the seat of the...
		Barbets are named for the bristles at the bases of their stout, sharp bills.
		The dynasty's founder, Ya'qub ebn Leys as-Saffar (“the coppersmith”), took control of his native province, Seistan,...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=coppersmith&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (304 words)

	Isfahan
		Saffarid - Saffarid, a dynasty of Sistan that flourished in the 9th cent., ruling (867–1495) in E...
		Buyid - Buyid, Shiite Islamic dynasty of N Persian descent that controlled Iraq and Persia from c.945 to...
		Persian art and architecture: The Mongol and Timurid Periods - The Mongol and Timurid Periods The Mongol invasions of the first half of the 13th cent.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0914754.html (95 words)

	632 AD - 1502 AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		867 AD Saffarid dynasty centered in Tashkent, Bukhara, Samarkand; first to unite Persians as Shiites.
		900 AD Saffarids defeated by Samanid, establish dynasty in Northeastern Persia.
		1502 Safavid dynasty established under the Shah Ismail, with the help of Persian Shiites and Turkoman tribes of Central Asia.
	www.internews.org /visavis/BTVpagesInews/Timelines3.html (191 words)

	Central and North Asia, 500-1000 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Samanid mausoleum in Bukhara, an unusual funerary monument built and decorated with baked brick, is constructed during this period.
		The Ghaznavids, a dynasty of Turkic origin from the steppes of Central Asia, rule in present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
		The most important ruler of the dynasty is Mahmud (r.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/06/nc/ht06nc.htm (1015 words)

	History of Iran
		Assyrian kingdom, the most brutal power of the time, was put to an end by Medians.
		962 - 1044 Ghaznavid dynasty rose in the east challenging the Samanids.
		1925 - 1941 The proclamation of Reza khan as Reza shah, founder of Pahlavi dynasty.
	www.destinationiran.com /History_of_Iran.htm (1083 words)

	Windows on Asia
		In the east, cites which were conquered by the Arab armies, rose in revolt and returned to their pre-Islamic beliefs once the armies had left.
		It was not until the 9th and 10th centuries that the eastern area of Afghanistan became firmly Islamic with the conquest by Yaqub ibn Layth Saffari, founder of the local Saffarid dynasty in the Seistan, who conquered the rest of the country in the name of Islam.
		This was followed in 900A.D. with the conquest of Balkh in Northern Afghanistan by the Islamic dynasty of the Samanids who ruled from Bokhara, and the conquest of Ghazni by a Turkish slave general.
	www.isp.msu.edu /asianstudies/wbwoa/centralasia/Afghanistan/religion.html (5146 words)

	Samanid
		The Samanids were one of the first purely indigenous dynasties to rule in Persia following the Muslim Arab conquest.
		However, with the oncoming encroachment of Muslim Turks into the Abbasid Empire, the Samanids were effectively defeated; in 999, Bukhara fell under a combined force of Ghaznavids and Qarakhanids.
		1005, last ruler of the dynasty, briefly fought (1000–1005) to retain Samanid territory, until he was assassinated.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0843309.html (198 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yaqub Ebn Layth was the founder of the Saffarid Dynasty whose center was in Sistan.
		This popular hero valiantly challenged the powerful Arab Caliphate, and expanded his rule across Fars as far as Khuzistan where he died at Jondi-shapur in A.D. His impressive tomb stands on the edge of Shahabad village and is being restored.
		Its tall, faceted dome resembles hard cones of white sugar sold in grocery stores, and is often referred to as a sugar-loaf dome.
	www.irib.ir /worldservice/nouroz/gallery/ig1-13.htm (78 words)

	About Iran
		Settled down in the eastern and northeastern Iran founding the legendary Kianids (Kianian) dynasty.
		The last of them Goshtasb is believed by some scholars of history to be the father of Dariush, the Achaemenian King.
		226 End of Parthian dynasty, beginning of the sassanid dynasty.
	www.asemangasht.com /aboutiran.htm (338 words)

	chronology of persian history
		China in the Bronze Age and ruled by the Shang Dynasty
		Ghaznavid Dynasty of Khorassan, Afghanistan and northern India
		Turkoman Dynasty of the Kara-Koyunlu, or "Black Sheep" (1275-1468) is set up at Tabriz, and it is later replaced by the Ak-Koyunlu, or "White Sheep" (1434-1514).
	www.art-arena.com /chronol.htm (1177 words)

	Afghanistan - Islamic Expression in Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the western periphery, the princes of Herat and Seistan gave way to rule by Arab governors, but in the east cities submitted only to rise in revolt and the hastily converted returned to their old beliefs once the armies passed.
		Later, in the 9th century, Yaqub ibn Layth Saffari, founder of the local Saffarid dynasty in the Seistan, swept through the Afghan area conquering in the name of Islam; in the north the Islamic dynasty of the Samanids ruling from Bokhara took Balkh in AD 900 and extended their realm as far as Kandahar.
		Meanwhile a Turkish slave general who had been dismissed by the Samanids conquered Ghazni.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-64.html (207 words)

	Iran, 500-1000 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Along with the rise of local dynasties in the ninth century, these influences help establish a rich and diverse artistic expression that is distinctly Islamic and Iranian.
		Until the end of the tenth century, these dynasties prevent a large-scale migration of Turkic nomads from the Central Asian steppe.
		From this point onward, until the formal end of the dynasty in 1258, the influence of the
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/06/wai/ht06wai.htm (653 words)

	Persian Language
		Assyrian inscriptions indicate that both the Medians and Persians who later ruled in the vast regions of the plateau were Aryan tribes that had entered Iran from the northern side of the Caspian sea.
		Another group of the Aryans that entered Iran by crossing the river Oxus settled down in the eastern and northeastern Iran founding the legendary Kianids (Kianian) dynasty the last of them Goshtasb is believed by some scholars of history to be the father of Darius, the Achaemenian king.
		1924 End of the Qajar dynasty and the beginning of
	www.persian-language.org /old/iran/history/history.html (353 words)

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