Tahirid dynasty
Tahirid Dynasty Tâheriyân | |||||||||
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| 821–873 | |||||||||
 Provinces governed by the Tahirids | |||||||||
| Status | Nominally part of theAbbasid Caliphate[1] | ||||||||
| Capital | Merv,laterNishapur | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
• Established | 821 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 873 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 800 est.[5] | 1,000,000 km2(390,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
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TheTahirid dynasty(Persian:سلسله طاهریان) was aArabian[6]Sunni Islamicdynasty that ruled theAbbasidprovince ofKhorasanfrom 821 to 873. It also ruled the city ofBaghdadfrom 820 until 891. The capital in Khorasan was first located atMerv.Later it moved toNishapur.
References
[change|change source]- ↑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.
