Early medieval Iranian dynasty that ruled northern Afghanistan
Farighunids
9th-century–1010
Guzgan
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
Succeeded by
Ghaznavids
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).
the Ghaznavids and Farighunids were victorious. The Ghaznavids soon afterwards supplanted the Samanids in Khurasan, and the Farighunids become Ghaznavid...
Maynama) as the capital. Despite the Arab conquest, a native dynasty, the Farighunids, who claimed descent from the Persian mythological hero Faridun and bore...
capital of Ghazni. In ca. 1008, Mohammad married the daughter of the Farighunid ruler Abu'l-Nasr Muhammad. Two years later after the death of Abu'l-Nasr...
Capital State type Existed Flag Afrighid Kath Kingdom/client 305–995 AD Farighunids Maymana Client Kingdom 9th century–1010 AD Ghaznavids Empire Ghazni,...
Eynsham, English abbot and scholar (approximate date) Abu'l-Nasr Muhammad, Farighunid ruler (approximate date) Aimoin, French monk and chronicler (approximate...
September 9 – Olaf Tryggvason (or Olaf I), king of Norway Abu'l Haret Ahmad, Farighunid ruler (approximate date) Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Persian astronomer and mathematician...
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