ʿAmr ebn Leys̄

Ṣaffārid governor

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\u02bfAmr ibn Layth was a governor of the Saffarid dynasty, an Iranian dynasty that ruled in eastern Iran during the 9th century CE. He succeeded his brother, Ya\u02bbaq\u016bb ibn Layth al-Saffar, who founded the dynasty. The caliph acknowledged \u02bfAmr ibn Layth as governor of several regions, including Khor\u0101s\u0101n, Isfahan, F\u0101rs, Seistan, and Sindh. The Saffarid empire significantly declined after \u02bfAmr ibn Layth was defeated in 900 CE while attempting to take Transoxania from the Samanids. Although the dynasty's power waned, they maintained a presence in Seistan intermittently until the 16th century.1

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Iran
The Saffarids
…caliph reluctantly confirmed Yaʿqūb’s brother ʿAmr as governor of Fars and Khorasan but withdrew his recognition on three occasions, and ʿAmr’s authority was disclaimed to the Khorasanian pilgrims to Mecca when they passed through Baghdad. But ʿAmr remained useful to Baghdad so long as Khorasan was victimized by the rebels…
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…caliph reluctantly confirmed Yaʿqūb’s brother ʿAmr as governor of Fars and Khorasan but withdrew his recognition on three occasions, and ʿAmr’s authority was disclaimed to the Khorasanian pilgrims to Mecca when they passed through Baghdad. But ʿAmr remained useful to Baghdad so long as Khorasan was victimized by the rebels…
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Saffarid dynasty
…Yaʿqūb’s brother and successor (879), ʿAmr ibn Layth, as governor of Khorāsān, Isfahan, Fārs, Seistan, and Sindh. But the Saffarid empire collapsed when ʿAmr, trying to wrest Transoxania from the Samanids, was defeated by Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad near Balkh in 900. Thereafter few of the Saffarids had any wide authority,…
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…Yaʿqūb’s brother and successor (879), ʿAmr ibn Layth, as governor of Khorāsān, Isfahan, Fārs, Seistan, and Sindh. But the Saffarid empire collapsed when ʿAmr, trying to wrest Transoxania from the Samanids, was defeated by Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad near Balkh in 900. Thereafter few of the Saffarids had any wide authority,…
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