Biography of Yaqub Leith, the king who supported the Persian language

Who is Yaqub Leith Safari?

Iran's rich history has given valuable heroes. Over the years, Iran has gone through many ups and downs, and one of the most controversial periods in history is related to the Saffarians and Yaqub Leith Safari. In the following, we will discuss the biography of this person.

A summary of Jacob Leith's biography:

Reign: 247-265 lunar years

861-879 AD

Substitute: Amr Leith

Born: 225 lunar month

840 AD

Qarnin village, Sistan

Died: Shawwal 265 lunar month

June 879

Tomb: Gandi Shapur

Wife: Rachel

Lineage: Safarians

Father: Leith

Religion: Islam

Who was Jacob Leith?

Yaqub Laith, son of Laith, a native of Sistan, whose real name is Radman Pur Mahek, or in the common form in Middle Persian, Radman Mahkan (Radman son of Mahek), is one of the Persian kings. He was the founder of Safarian, who chose Zaranj as the capital. He pushed back the Arabic language that had gained dominance in Iran and supported the Persian language and recognized it.

He was able to visit countries such as; Conquer Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan and West Pakistan. to maintain its sovereignty to Baghdad; The capital of the Abbasid Caliphate was invaded. After Yaqub, his brother Amr Leith came to rule.

Yaqub from his youth with his brothers; Ali and Amr used to participate in Ayaris. Yaqoub's childhood was spent hearing the stories of Zal and Sam Nariman's wrestlers in Sistan, which can be the cause of shaping his character as a hero and a wrestler. In his youth, he put aside the hammer and took up the sword of war because he was very fond of war and militarism.

Biography of Jacob Leith

Yaqub Leith had a popular character among the people and this was due to his heroic character. Yaqub Leith was proud of being Iranian and tried not to violate the rights of the poor. He volunteered to go to war, and after that, he joined Darham bin Nasir, who had taken Zarang out of the hands of the Taherians. Yaqub was able to gain more fame by killing the Kharijite commander Ammar who was in the war with the Kharijites.

Jacob Leith's family

The family of Yaqub Leith Safari:

Yaqub Leith was born in the village of Qarnain in Sistan. Leith was the father of Yaqoob Royger and had four sons named Yaqoob, Amr, Ali and Tahir, among whom Amr was able to rule after Yaqoob, although his period of rule was not long.

At first, Yaqoob followed his father's path and used to feast with his friends, but when he reached the age of majority, some of his companions chose him as their leader.

A picture of the cavalry during the time of Jacob Leith

Yaqub Leith's warrior period:

When Tahir bin Abdullah was ruling in Khorasan, i.e. in 237, Saleh bin Nasr Kanani from the people of Bost was able to dominate Sistan. Tahir was able to remove Saleh bin Nasr from Sistan with his tact, after that Darham bin Nasr rebelled and was able to take Sistan by expelling Taher's troops. to seize In the meantime, Durham could not handle the corps, that's why he chose Yaqub as the commander of the corps.

After some time, Durham was captured by the plan of the governor of Khorasan and transferred to Baghdad, after spending some time in prison, he was released and served under the caliph. In the same way, Yaqoob made progress and was able to repel the Khawarij, because of this commander's strategy, his allies strongly supported him.

Historical coins in the era of Jacob Leith

The conquest of Herat by Yaqub Leith:

Yaqub Leith was able to be appointed by Muhammad bin Tahir on the recommendation of Kerman because he showed great fighting ability in the war with the Khawarij. In addition to Kerman, Sistan was added to Yaqoob's power, but he never thought of conquering Khorasan, because he could not tolerate Taherian rule over Khorasan, and finally he was determined to complete this task. The pretext for the attack on Khorasan was provided by Abdullah bin Muhammad becoming a refugee to Muhammad bin Tahir (Amir Taheri).

Historical coins in the era of Jacob Leith

In order to reach Khorasan, Herat was first conquered, at that time Abdullah bin Muhammad was in charge of Herat, so Yaqub Leith seized this opportunity and attacked Herat. This war was successful despite Yaqub being wounded and he was able to conquer Herat. In the meantime, Abdullah bin Muhammad fled to Khorasan and took refuge with Muhammad bin Tahir, this factor caused Yaqub to attack Khorasan and achieve his final goal.

Tomb of Jacob Leith

The conquest of Khorasan by Yaqub Leith and the formation of the Saffarian government:

In Sha'ban, 25 AH, Yaqub Laith moved towards Neishabur to put Neishabur under his control and to eliminate Abdullah. Since Abdullah bin Muhammad knew about the weakness of Muhammad bin Tahir; When he entered Khorasan, he took his forces with him to besiege Neishabur. Muhammad bin Tahir did not have the power to face Abdallah's army because the corruption of his entire government had taken over. Finally, peace was established between these two people with the intervention of court scholars, and the government of Tabas and Qahestan was given to Abdullah.

Yaqub was looking for another excuse to attack Nishabur. When Ahmad bin Fazl ran away from him and took refuge in Muhammad bin Tahir, Yaghgoub requested that the fugitive be handed over to him, but Amir Taheri refused to do so, and an excuse for the attack was formed. Ahmad bin Fazl wanted to inform Muhammad bin Tahir about this attack, but the court's guardian forbade him from this meeting on the pretext that the emir was sleeping.

Tomb of Jacob Leith

Yaqub sent a message to Muhammad bin Taher that he had come to arrest the refugees, and Amir Taheri held a meeting with the refugees to seek advice. Abdullah bin Muhammad, who was himself a member of this group of refugees; He proposed a war with Yaqoob, which was not accepted by Muhammad bin Tahir because he believed that Yaqoob would win if he fought, so he decided to expel the refugees from the city to remove Yaqoob's excuse for attacking Khorasan.

As the refugees left the city, Yaqoob's camp remained outside Neishabur, so Abdullah bin Tahir sent his entourage to Yaqoob Leith to pay respects and asked Yaqoob to withdraw, but Yaqoob did not accept this offer and did not return to Sistan. Shadiah was one of the neighborhoods of Nishabur where Yaqqob had settled; Muhammad bin Tahir went to him to comfort him, and when he got off his horse, Yaqoob ordered to arrest him. Finally, Yaqoob Laith arrested Amir Tahiri, who had gone to visit him, and put an end to this rule in Khorasan. Therefore, in the year 259 AH, Yaqub was able to dominate Khorasan and establish the Saffarian government.

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