al-Layth ibn Ali al-Saffar
الليث بن علي الصفاري
c. 928 CE · c. 315 AH
Al-Layth b. Ali b. al-Layth — last Saffarid; took Sistan in 296, marched on Fars, and was captured with his brother and son by Mu'nis the Muzaffar's army (297), paraded through Baghdad on an elephant; the dynasty ended with him 1.
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- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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