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Sistan

Sistān (Persian: سیستان), formerly known as Sakastān (سَكستان, lit. 'the land of the Saka', current name: Zabol) and Sijistan (سِجِستان), is a historical region in south-eastern Iran, and extending across the borders of south-western Afghanistan. Mostly corresponding to the then Achaemenid region of Drangiana and extending southwards of the Helmand River…

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related to Further reading · 86
Sistan → AD, April, Arab Invasion, Archaeology, Asia Roma, Barthold, Benseval, Bosworth, BRILL, Bronze Age Monumental Platform, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Central Asia, Centro Studi, Contributions, Dales, DRANGIANA, Ed, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Epics
related to history · 33
Sistan → Achaemenid, Achaemenid Empire, Afghanistan, Alexander, Alexandria, American, Arachosia, BC, BCE, Besenval, Bost, Bronze Age, Dahan-e Gholaman, Earlier, Empire, Eventually, Francfort, George Dales, Great, Hellenistic
related to Mihrabanid dynasty and its successors · 30
Sistan → Afghanistan, After Nader Shah's, Ali, Between, British General Frederick Goldsmid, Din, Durrani Empire, Helmand, Hotak, Ilkhanate, In, Kartids, Mas'ud, Mihrabanid, Mihrabanids, Mongol, Nader Shah, Overlordship, Persia, Persians
related to Etymology · 28
Sistan → Afghanistan, After, Arab, Baluchestan, BC, Bundahishn, Greater Iran, In, Indo-Scythian Kingdom, Indus, Iran, Iranian, Iranian Plateau, It, Pahlavi, Persian, Rostam, Saka, Sakastan, Scythian
related to Caliphate rule · 23
Sistan → Abd, Abd-Allah, Amir, Bust, Chinese, During, First Fitna, Furthermore, However, In, Muslim, Peroz III, Persian Area Command, Rabi, Rahman, Rashiduns, Samura, Umayyad Caliphate, Yazdegerd III's, Zabulistan
related to Saffarid dynasty · 20
Sistan → Abbasid, Abbasid Caliphates, Abu Yazid Khalid, After, Ahmad, Christians, Ghazni, He, In, Islamic East, Khalaf, Mahmud, Mahmud's Hindu, Muhammad, Muslims, Saffarid, Saffarids, Samanids, Umayyad, Zarang
related to Nasrid dynasty · 18
Sistan → Abu, Din, During Ghaznavid, Fadl Nasr, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, In, Khwarezmians, Lashkari Bazar, Mongols, Nasrid, Saffarid, Saffarids, Seljuks, Shahr-i Gholghola, Tadj, The, They
related to Significance for Zoroastrians · 5
Sistan → In Zoroastrian, Lake Hamun, Sasanian, Zoroaster's, Zoroastrianism
related to Archaeology · 4
Sistan → Lake Hamun, Mount Khajeh, Shahr-e Sukhteh, The
see also · 1
Sistan → Sistan Basin

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iran isbn sakastan province pp region history sasanian afghanistan dynasty empire citation needed cambridge part bc new known city ii

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Tanlismaidates ruled the land.The Parthian Empire then briefly lost the region to its Suren vassals around 20 CEinstance ofParthian governors0.80text
Sistanrelated to ArchaeologyThe0.60section
Sistanrelated to ArchaeologyShahr-e Sukhteh0.60section
Sistanrelated to ArchaeologyMount Khajeh0.60section
Sistanrelated to ArchaeologyLake Hamun0.60section
Sistanrelated to Caliphate ruleHowever0.60section
Sistanrelated to Caliphate ruleZarang0.60section
Sistanrelated to Caliphate ruleRabi0.60section
Sistanrelated to Caliphate ruleZiyad Harithi's0.60section
Sistanrelated to Caliphate ruleMuslim0.60section
Sistanrelated to Caliphate ruleAbd-Allah0.60section
Sistanrelated to Caliphate ruleAmir0.60section

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