KnowraSaffarid dynastyLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Saffarid dynasty, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 2Related 2Compared with 3Tahirid dynastyCompared with: The Saffarids displaced the Tahirids in Khorasan in 873.SistanBroader topic: Sistan became the base from which the Saffarids built a major regional power.Anarchy at SamarraRelated: Its expansion formed part of the broader regional fragmentation accompanying Abbasid weakness.Ismail SamaniCompared with: Ismail’s defeat of the Saffarids at Balkh in 900 secured Khurasan for the Samanids.Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-SaffarBroader topic: Ya'qub's conquests established the dynasty and its center of power at Zaranj.TulunidsCompared with: The Saffarids pursued power in the east through a more direct military challenge to the caliphate.Turk ShahisRelated: Saffarid expansion helped displace the remaining Shahi power in eastern Afghanistan.