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Ya’qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (يعقوب بن الليث الصفار) or Ya’qub-i Laith Saffari (یعقوب لیث صفاری) born Rādmān pūr-i Māhak (Persian: رادمان پور ماهک‎) (October 25 840 – June 5 879) a Persian coppersmith was the founder of the Saffarid dynasty in Sistan with its capital at Zaranj (a city now in south-western Afghanistan). He ruled territories that are now in Iran and Afghanistan as well as portions of western Pakistan and a small part of Iraq.

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active years end year
0879-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
0861-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth date
0840-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Sistan
death date
0879-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Baghdad, Iraq
successor
Amr ibn al-Layth
title
Amir of Saffarid dynasty

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