Claim: Afghanistan is the source of the Saffarid dynasty.
Evidence: The land also served as the source from which the Kushans , Hephthalites , Samanids , Saffarids , Ghaznavids , Ghorids , Khiljis , Mughals , Hotaks , Durranis , and others have risen to form major empires.
The Saffarid dynasty was a Muslim Persianate dynasty from Sistan that ruled over parts of eastern Iran , with its capital at Zaranj -LRB- a city now in southwestern Afghanistan -RRB-.