Tahirid dynasty
Iranian dynasty ruling Khorasan (821–873)
Key facts
- 821
- Tahir ibn Husayn
- Status
- De jure governorate of the Abbasid Caliphate
- Capital
- Merv , later Nishapur
- Common languages
- Early New Persian ( court, informal ) , Arabic ( literature/poetry/science )
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Government
- Caliphal governoral emirate
- Historical era
- Medieval
- 800 est
- 1,000,000 km (390,000 sq mi)
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Ancient period
Imperial period