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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)[reply]
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