This article aims to deal with al-Mu'tadid's political and military relationships with theSaffarids he signed the first treaty with soon after he became caliph. This process lastingapproximately ten years can be divided into two periods as before and after the war at theBalkh between the Saffarids and the Samanids, which caused to form over again the powerbalance in the East. The first period can be described as the period of peace andcooperatian the sides supported morally each other to dominate over the lands as good asdivided into two parts after the contract they made in the beginnings of the term. Thesecond period is the term al-Mu'tadid succeeded in establishing the Abbasid sovereignty inFars by cooperating with the Samanids, after the Saffarids lost their power.

This article aims to deal with al-Mu'tadid's political and military relationships with theSaffarids he signed the first treaty with soon after he became caliph. This process lastingapproximately ten years can be divided into two periods as before and after the war at theBalkh between the Saffarids and the Samanids, which caused to form over again the powerbalance in the East. The first period can be described as the period of peace andcooperatian the sides supported morally each other to dominate over the lands as good asdivided into two parts after the contract they made in the beginnings of the term. Thesecond period is the term al-Mu'tadid succeeded in establishing the Abbasid sovereignty inFars by cooperating with the Samanids, after the Saffarids lost their power.