Farighunids
Early medieval Iranian dynasty that ruled northern Afghanistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Farighunids were an Iranian dynasty that ruled Guzgan (modern-day northern Afghanistan) in the late 9th, 10th and early 11th centuries. They were ultimately deposed by the ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire, Sultan Mahmud (r. 999–1030).
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9th-century–1010 | |||||||
Status | Client of the Saffarids, Samanids and the Ghaznavids | ||||||
Capital | Yahudiyya | ||||||
Common languages | Persian | ||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||
• Established | 9th-century | ||||||
• Ghaznavid conquest | 1010 | ||||||
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