Tahirid dynasty
The Tahirid dynasty (Persian: سلسله طاهریان) was a Arabian[6] Sunni Islamic dynasty that ruled the Abbasid province of Khorasan from 821 to 873. It also ruled the city of Baghdad from 820 until 891. The capital in Khorasan was first located at Merv. Later it moved to Nishapur.
Tahirid Dynasty Tâheriyân | |||||||||
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| 821–873 | |||||||||
.png) Provinces governed by the Tahirids | |||||||||
| Status | Nominally part of the Abbasid Caliphate[1] | ||||||||
| Capital | Merv, later Nishapur | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian (court, informal)[2][3] Arabic (literature/poetry/science)[4] | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Emirate | ||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||
• 821 | Tahir ibn Husayn | ||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||
• | 821 | ||||||||
• | 873 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 800 est.[5] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||||||||
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Tahirid Dynasty Media
Map of Khurasan and other provinces governed by the Tahirids, circa 836 AD, based on information given by the geographer Ibn Khurradadhbih d. ca.
Coinage of Talha ibn Tahir, with Sasanian-type bust. Dated AH 209 (AD 824).
Pamenar Mosque of Sabzevar.
References
- ↑ Hovannisian & Sabagh 1998, p. 96.
- ↑ Canfield 1991, p. 6.
- ↑ Peacock 2007, p. 35.
- ↑ Blair 2003, p. 340.
- ↑ Taagepera 1997, p. 475-504.
- ↑ Bosworth, "The Tahirids and Saffarids," p. 91.
