Farighunids

Farighunids
9th-century–1010
Farighunids is located in West and Central Asia
Guzgan
Guzgan
StatusClient of the Saffarids, Samanids and the Ghaznavids
CapitalYahudiyya
Common languagesPersian
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Historical eraMiddle 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).