ʿAmr ebn Leys̄
Ṣaffārid governor
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Iranian history
- In Iran: The Ṣaffārids
…caliph reluctantly confirmed Yaʿqūb’s brother ʿAmr as governor of Fārs and Khorāsān but withdrew his recognition on three occasions, and ʿAmr’s authority was disclaimed to the Khorāsānian pilgrims to Mecca when they passed through Baghdad. But ʿAmr remained useful to Baghdad so long as Khorāsān was victimized by the rebels…
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Saffarid dynasty
- In Saffarid dynasty
…Yaʿqūb’s brother and successor (879), ʿAmr ibn Layth, as governor of Khorāsān, Isfahan, Fārs, Seistan, and Sindh. But the Saffarid empire collapsed when ʿAmr, trying to wrest Transoxania from the Samanids, was defeated by Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad near Balkh in 900. Thereafter few of the Saffarids had any wide authority,…
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