Yaqub Leith Sistani, the hero of the savior of Iran and the savior of the Persian language

Yaqub Leith movement in SistanIt started with the rebellion of Ayaran Shahr, against the Khawarij. At the beginning, these Khawarij participated in the uprising of "Hamzah bin Azarak", but later they did unofficial work and formed a union of women travelers throughout Sistan and Khorasan.. Because the ruler of Sistan - who was a puppet of the Taherians- He could not put down their rebellion, he chose Ayaran, youths and young men of the city for this task.

Among them, one of them is “Yaqub Leith Safar” He believed that in addition to suppressing the rebellion of female bandits, the rule of non-Iranian and foreign rulers such as "Mohammed bin Tahir" who was a puppet of the Arab caliph should also be put to an end..

Yaqub and his brothers - Amr and Ali- The children of Leith Royger or the Sistani children of "Qarnain" - between Zaranj and Bast- They were. There, like all over Sistan, Khorasan and Iran, it was customary to remember the wrestlers of the Zal family, Sam Nariman and Rostam, and even the Rakhsh restaurant. – The legendary horse Rostam- were shown there. It was these influences that made this Roigarzadeh, since his youth, to put aside the sledgehammer and the Roigari hammer and take up swords and weapons.. At the beginning, he began to lead a campaign, but his passion and style of fighting prevented him from doing so, and he became a famous popular fighter and was able to attract a large number of others with his small group of fighting men.. Then he started fighting with bandits and won some victories in this way. (248 h)

In the beginning, he established peace in all of Sistan by destroying the foreign architecture, and by defeating Ratbil, the native king of Kabul. (253) In this campaign to “Bamiyan” (Current Afghanistan) He went ahead and added Kabul, Bamyan, and a large part of Hirmand districts to his domain. At the beginning, so that those who believed in the Abbasids would not interfere with his work, he read a sermon in the name of Khalifa, although he had other thoughts in his head.. Then he also opened and captured Kerman, while undoubtedly this work was considered a kind of danger from the eyes of the Arab caliph and its weak representative, the Taherians.. (254)

Then Pars (Fars) He also took it out of the hands of the Caliph's representative whose name was "Ali Bin Hossein" without bloodshed, but in order to prevent the Caliph "Al-Mutamid" from protesting, he sent him offers.. But the caliph himself was trapped in the hands of the Turkish commanders of his army, and in fact, he did not have the ability to face this world-seeking Iranian nobleman.. The caliph tried to officially hand over part of Yaqoob Leith's pen to his brother "Al-Mufaq" in order to prevent him from coming forward and make him a tributary of the caliphate system.. But Yaqub did not accept such a thing, because in addition to those parts, he also had other places in his hands, and his pen was not given to him by anyone, and he was only able to achieve this independence with the help of his companions and his army. (Esteghlal) to achieve.

So, using the excuse of the Taherians sheltering those who attempted to kill him, he invaded Khorasan and overthrew the Taherians, who were the puppets, and took Khorasan out of the hands of the Caliph. (259) After recapturing Fars, Yaqoob marched his army to Khuzestan, but for whatever reason, the owner of Al-Zanj, "Ali bin Muhammad", the leader of the army of bandit slaves, who had long ago (255) He did not accept the anti-caliphate who had risen for cooperation! This time, he was thinking of attacking Baghdad, and he had in mind the caliph himself, and he marched towards Baghdad and came near "Wasit" and engaged with "Al-Mufaq" army and defeated Al-Maufaq army.. But because the successful army, the Tigris water flowed to his camp, he was forced to stop progressing. (262) In the middle of the way, Yaqub Laith Safar fell ill and went to Gondishapur in the hope of recovery (Jundishapur) He returned to Khuzestan and at the same time rejected the Caliph's offer of reconciliation and threatened to resume the war. But he didn't get a chance and colic disease killed him (265)

Yaqub Leith was the first person to use the Persian language as the official language after the Arab invasion. 200 Sal returned to its official position. Chamehsarayans and poets recited poetry to him in Arabic and he recited: "Why should I say something that I don't understand?" Although Persian poetry was written before him during Taherian's time, but it was the first Persian poem (Persian) A courtier, based on the history of Sistan, was called "Mohammed bin Wasif Sekzai" by his secretary. Yaqub Laith's tomb is located in a village ten kilometers from Dezful, Khuzestan