Dynasty: | Iran: Saffarids |
Ruler: | Amr ibn al-Layth |
Reigned: | AH 265-288 (AD 879-901) |
Denomination: | AR Dirhem |
Mint: | Shiraz |
Date of Issue: | AH 238 (AD 896) |
Obverse: | Kuffic script |
Reverse: |
Kuffic script |
Reference: | Artuk 960; Album 1402 |
Weight: | 2.98 gms |
Diameter: | 29 mm |
SAFFARID DYNASTY
The Saffarid dynasty was a Muslim Persian dynasty from Sistan that ruled over parts of eastern Iran, with its capital at Zaranj (a city now in southwestern Afghanistan), Khorasan, Afghanistan and Sistan from 861 to 1003.One of the first indigenous Persian dynasties to emerge after the Arab Islamic invasions, its founder was Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar, who was born in 840 in a small town called Karnin (Qarnin), which was located east of Zaranj and west of Bost, in what is now Afghanistan - a native of Sistan, who worked as a coppersmith (Saffâr) before becoming a warlord. He seized control of the Sistan region and began conquering most of Iran and Afghanistan, as well as parts of Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. |