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Tahirid dynasty
Muslim dynasty of KhorÄsÄn
Tahirid dynasty, (821ā873 ce), Islamic dynasty of KhorÄsÄn (centred in northeastern Persia), which owed nominal allegiance to the Abbasid caliph at Baghdad but enjoyed virtual independence. The dynastyāgenerally considered to be the first native Iranian Islamic dynastyāwas founded by į¹¬Ähir ibn al-įø¤usayn, a successful military general awarded the eastern lands by the caliph. į¹¬Ähirās successors pushed their dominion as far as the Indian frontier.
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