{"slug": "saffarid-dynasty", "label": "Saffarid dynasty", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffarid_dynasty", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45310", "qid": "Q45310", "description": "Iranian dynasty ruling Sistan, Khorasan and Central Iran (861–1003)", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [840, 1009], "span_label": ["840 CE", "1009 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "afghanistan", "label": "Afghanistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greater-khorasan", "label": "Greater Khorasan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ghaznavids", "label": "Ghaznavids", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baghdad", "label": "Baghdad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tigris", "label": "Tigris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-muwaffaq", "label": "Al-Muwaffaq", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 840, "year_label": "840 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 25", "text": "October 25 – Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, founder of the Saffarid dynasty (d. 879)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367666598#Births", "title": "840", "revid": 1367666598, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 861, "year_label": "861 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ya'qub ibn al-Layth, a Muslim military leader, starts rebelling against the Abbasids and founds the Saffarid Dynasty in the 870s. He rules over parts of Khurasan and eastern Iran, and establishes his capital at Zaranj (modern Afghanistan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129426#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "861", "revid": 1341129426, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 873, "year_label": "873 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Muhammad ibn Tahir, Muslim governor of Khorasan, is overthrown by the Saffarids, led by Ya'qub ibn al-Layth, who conquer the capital, Nishapur. Khorasan is annexed to their own empire in eastern Persia. The Tahirid Dynasty falls.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267072669#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "873", "revid": 1267072669, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 876, "year_label": "876 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul: Abbasid forces, led by Al-Muwaffaq, halt a Saffarid invasion on the River Tigris. Emir Ya'qub ibn al-Layth tries to capture the Abbasid Caliphate's capital of Baghdad, but he is forced, with his army, to retreat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070562#Arabian_Empire", "title": "876", "revid": 1267070562, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 879, "year_label": "879 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Ya'qub ibn al-Layth, founder of the Saffarid Dynasty (b. 840)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348046041#Deaths", "title": "879", "revid": 1348046041, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1002, "year_label": "1002 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Khalaf ibn Ahmad, Saffarid emir of Sistan (modern Iran), is deposed and surrenders to the Ghaznavid dynasty after a 39-year reign (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371270947#Persia", "title": "1002", "revid": 1371270947, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 1009, "year_label": "1009 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Khalaf ibn Ahmad, emir of the Saffarid Dynasty (b. 937)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910037#Deaths", "title": "1009", "revid": 1341910037, "section": "Deaths"}}]}