1886.] Ghaznavts m Mdward-un~Nahr and part of Khurasan, 125 
This table is only given as tentative. It does not agree entirely 
with Major Raverty’s dynastic list, and in some other respects alterations 
may be necessary. But it may serve for comparison with other informa¬ 
tion and inscriptions on other coins. 
SKETCH TREE 
OF THE SAFFARfS AND SIJISTAN GOVERNORS. 
Lais-i-Saffar “ The Brazier” 
I Ya’kub 255-265 II, ’Amru' 265-287 'Ali Mu’Mdil 
’ ' J 1 
r— r r 
Muhammad IV, Al-lais 293-298 V, Mu’addil 298 
III, Tahir 287-293 Ya’kub 
(?) VI, ’Amru 800 
I Ahmad 
II Kasayyar [304-319 ?] 
\ 
\ 
\ 
and Muhammad 
I 
I 
, I 
Abu Ja’far 
III Khalaf [320—340 ?] 
-- (?)- 
I 
Muhammad 
IV Ahmad [340—344 ?] 
(? V) Khalaf 354—893 
I 
c -^ 1 
Taiiir Abu-1-Hifs daughter m — Tahir 
Muhammad (? VI) Al Husain 
Tahir made a governor under the Saljuks. The first of the rulers of Sijistan 
and Nimroz in the chronicle of the Tabakat. 
