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Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar

840 - 879

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Ya'qub ibn al-Layth Saffar (Persian: یعقوب لیث صفاری; 25 October 840 – 5 June 879), was a coppersmith and the founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan, with its capital at Zaranj (a city now in south-western Afghanistan). Under his military leadership, he conquered much of the eastern portions of Greater Iran consisting of modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan as well as portions of western Pakistan and a small part of Iraq. He was succeeded by his brother, Amr ibn al-Layth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar is the 9,528th most popular politician (down from 6,838th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 55th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 9,528 out of 19,576. Before him are Jayavarman III, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, Thomas Bérard, José López Portillo y Pacheco, Farabundo Martí, and Albert II, Duke of Saxony. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, Quett Masire, Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, Emperor Mo of Jin, Iuliu Maniu, and Vladimir Kokovtsov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 840, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 8. Before him are Michael III, Clement of Ohrid, Svatopluk I of Moravia, Richardis, Notker the Stammerer, and Wilfred the Hairy. After him are Eudokia Ingerina, Hucbald, and Unruoch III of Friuli. Among people deceased in 879, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 5. Before him are Rurik, Louis the Stammerer, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, and Anastasius Bibliothecarius. After him are Ansgarde of Burgundy, and Zdeslav of Croatia.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 81 out of 177. Before him are Akhtar Mansour (1968), Ahmad Zahir (1946), Diodotus I (-285), Ismail Khan (1946), Gulbadan Begum (1523), and Baysunghur (1397). After him are Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (1946), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Muhammad of Ghazni (998), Abdul Qadir (1944), Suhaila Siddiq (1938), and Eucratides I (-170).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 55. Before him are Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Diodotus II (-252), Kujula Kadphises (20), Akhtar Mansour (1968), Diodotus I (-285), and Ismail Khan (1946). After him are Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (1946), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Muhammad of Ghazni (998), Abdul Qadir (1944), Suhaila Siddiq (1938), and Eucratides I (-170).

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