Note 220 — Chapter XIV · The Saffārides and the Rise of the Sāmānides
Reading edition
Cf. Khwāndamīr’s account of the Saffārides in his Habīb-us-Siyar. We refer the reader also to Nöldeke’s brilliant sketch of this man’s career, entitled “Ya`qūb the Coppersmith” (Sketches from Persian History, pp. 176–206).