Ruler · 840 – 879

Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar

Lived 840 – 879; military leader. Amir of the Saffarid dynasty (Saffarid dynasty), 861 – 879.

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Lived: 840 – 879; 39 years
In office: 18 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Saffarid dynasty
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Amir of the Saffarid dynasty

Saffarid dynasty · the 1st of 8 dated reigns · 861 – 1003

Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar861 – 879

Amr ibn al-Layth879 – 901

Tahir ibn Muhammad ibn Amr901 – 909

Al-Layth909 – 910

4 after

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

Reigned 861 – 879 · 18 years · came to it aged 21

Came to it: seized power
Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; renal colic

However, in 861, Ya'qub overthrew Dirham, and gave himself the title of Emir at that point.

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