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Babak Khorramdin a Persian Zoroastrian revolutionary leader of the Khorram-Dīnân movement defeats successive Arab generals of the Abbasid Caliphate. 821: Tahir ibn Husayn, an Iranian general under the Abbasid Caliphate, declared the establishment of the independent Tahirid dynasty. 867: Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari founded the Saffarid dynasty. 867
The Saffarids were a dynasty of Islamic Iranian rulers who at their height ruled much of Iran, and at times even reached into modern-day Iraq, from their base of power in Sistan. [141] Although the dynastic founder Ya'qub (867–879) claimed Sasanian descent, [ 146 ] the Saffarid dynasty originated as local ruffians [ 145 ] and their power was ...
The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was known in the Western world) is intertwined with Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning from Anatolia to the Indus River and from the Caucasus to the Persian Gulf. Central to this area is modern-day Iran, which covers the bulk of the Iranian plateau.
Dynasty Shah of Iran (35) ... from 22 January at Morocco). No. Name Birth–Death Took office ... Iran: Empire of the Mind: A History from Zoroaster to the Present Day.
Relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Morocco are mostly non-existent, and diplomatic relations between the two nations have often been tarred by disputes. On several occasions Iran and Morocco have mostly or completely severed diplomatic relations. Both countries are members of Group of 77 and the Non-Aligned Movement.
It was led by the Saadi dynasty, an Arab Sharifian dynasty. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The dynasty's rise to power started in 1510, when Muhammad al-Qa'im was declared leader of the tribes of the Sous valley in southern Morocco in their resistance against the Portuguese who occupied Agadir and other coastal cities.
The Ottomans would try to invade Morocco after the assassination of Mohammed ash-Sheikh in 1558, but were stopped by his son Abdallah al-Ghalib at the battle of Wadi al-Laban north of Fez. Hence, Morocco remained the only North-African state to remain outside Ottoman control. [66] After the death of Abdallah al-Ghalib a new power struggle would ...
The Tahirid dynasty (Persian: سلسله طاهریان) was an Iranian dynasty that ruled over the northeastern part of Greater Iran, in the region of Khorasan (made up of parts of Iran, present-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). The Tahirid capital was located in Nishapur.