Ahmad ibn Farighun (died 10th-century) was the first

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(9th-century–10th-century). He was the son of a certain Farighun. He is the first Farighunid ruler fully attested in sources. During the campaigns of the

Saffarid The Saffarid dynasty () was a Persianate dynasty of eastern Iranian origin that ruled over parts of Persia, Greater Khorasan, and eastern Makran from 861 to 1002. One of the first indigenous Persian dynasties to emerge after the Islamic conque ...

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Amr ibn al-Layth Amr ibn al-Layth or Amr-i Laith Saffari () was the second ruler of the Saffarid dynasty of Iran from 879 to 901. He was the son of a whitesmith and the younger brother of the dynasty's founder, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar. Biography Said to h ...

, Ahmad, along with another local Iranian ruler the Banijurid Abu Dawud Muhammad ibn Ahmad, was forced to the latter's authority. However, in 900, Amr was defeated and captured by the

Samanid The Samanid Empire () was a Persianate society, Persianate Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim empire, ruled by a dynasty of Iranian peoples, Iranian ''dehqan'' origin. The empire was centred in Greater Khorasan, Khorasan and Transoxiana, at its greatest ...

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Isma'il ibn Ahmad Abū Ibrāhīm Ismā'īl ibn-i Aḥmad-i Sāmāni (; May 849 – 24 November 907), better known simply as Amir Ismail-i Samani (), and also known as Isma'il ibn-i Ahmad (), was the Samanid Empire, Samanid amir of Transoxiana (892–907) and Great ...

, which made Ahmad and Abu Dawud recognize Samanid authority. Ahmad was later succeeded by his son

Abu'l Haret Muhammad Abu'l Haret Muhammad (; died c. 982) was the second Farighunid ruler of Guzgan from an unknown date during the 10th century to 982. He was the son and successor of Ahmad ibn Farighun. Abu'l Haret's father died at an unknown date during the 10th-c ...

at an unknown date.

Sources

*Bosworth, C. E. "ĀL-E FARĪḠŪN." ''Encyclopedia Iranica.'' 1 August 2012. * 10th-century deaths Year of birth unknown 9th-century Iranian people 10th-century Iranian people Farighunids 10th-century monarchs in Asia 9th-century monarchs in Asia Rulers of Guzgan {{Farighunid Rulers