Ruler · 937 – 1009

Khalaf ibn Ahmad

Lived 937 – 1009. Amir of the Saffarid dynasty (Saffarid dynasty), 963 – 1003.

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Lived: 937 – 1009; 72 years
In office: 40 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Saffarid dynasty
Left it: exiled; the ruler's own article

Amir of the Saffarid dynasty

Saffarid dynasty · the 8th of 8 dated reigns · 861 – 1003

4 before

Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Layth910 – 911

Amr ibn Ya'qub912 – 913

Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad923 – 963

Khalaf ibn Ahmad963 – 1003

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 963 – 1003 · 40 years · came to it aged 26

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: exiledread from the ruler's own article

The rebellion ended with Tahir's capture; he was imprisoned and died not long after, in 1002.

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