Talk:Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari
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[edit] Allegedly marching under the banner of Shia Islam
There is absolutely no indication that Ya'qub conquered under the banner of Shiism. Had he done so, the majority of Afghanistan would have been Shia today. Ya'qub was largely responsible to restore Islam in areas where the earlier Islamic influence waned after the initial Arab advance. These areas included Kabul, Balkh, Ghazni which by no means can be considered Shiite cities. In fact there is no evidence whatsoever that these cities ever became any kind of foothold for Shia Islam. Indeed, in his book, Al-Farabi and His School, Ian Richard Newton specifies (pg. 29) that the Saffarids were Sunni. Scythian1 07:26, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
- I have heared he might have been Ismai'ili. But I am not sure. --alidoostzadeh 17:18, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
- Also added some references..mainly from Britannica. --alidoostzadeh 20:23, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Yaqub's Religion
I removed this sentence:
He was either Khawraji or Shia [1]
- 1. In different sources he is called Sunni, Shi'a, Khawarij and his sect is obscure.
- 2. He is a national hero for both Iranians and Afghans and his religion is not that much important.
--behmod talk 00:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
User:SalesKeep77. who is a sockpuppet of the banned editor User:Beh-nam placed false quotes from Dupree so I removed that. He purposly removed "Afghan" from the quotes and here is the official version:
| “ | ...Arab armies carrying the banner of Islam came out of the west to defeat the Sasanians in 642 AD and then they marched with confidence to the east. On the western periphery of the Afghan area the princes of Herat and Seistan gave way to rule by Arab governors but in the east, in the mountains, cities submitted only to rise in revolt and the hastily converted returned to their old beliefs once the armies passed. The harshness and avariciousness of Arab rule produced such unrest, however, that once the waning power of the Caliphate became apparent, native rulers once again established themselves independent. Among these the Saffarids of Seistan shone briefly in the Afghan area. The fanatic founder of this dynasty, the coppersmith’s apprentice Yaqub ibn Layth Saffari, came forth from his capital at Zaranj in 870 AD and marched through Bost, Kandahar, Ghazni, Kabul, Bamyan, Balkh and Herat, conquering in the name of Islam...[2] | ” |
