Talk:Tahir ibn Husayn

Ethnicity in the Lead
Aside from violating MOS:Ethnicity, Britannica should not be used when we have reliable sources.


 * "The sources agree that the Tahirids were ethnically Persian..." --Bosworth, C.E. (1975). "The Ṭāhirids and Ṣaffārids". In Frye, Richard N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 91


 * "The founder of the line was the Persian commander, of mawla origin, Tahir (I) b. al-Husayn Dhu'l-Yamlnayn [q.v.], who became governor of Khurasan in 205/821 but who died almost immediately afterwards..." --"Tahirids", Encyclopaedia of Islam, C.E. Bosworth, page 104.


 * "Nevertheless, it may be admitted that the hereditary rule of the Tahirids, who were of Persian dihqän origins and tolerated the Persian language in their entourage.." --Daftary, F. (2003). "Sectarian and national movements in Iran, Khurasan and Transoxanial during Umayyad in early Abbasid times". History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. IV: Part I, page 57.--Kansas Bear (talk) 01:39, 28 July 2023 (UTC)