The Tarikh-i Sistan (History of Sistan) is an anonymous Persian-language history of the region of Sistan, in modern north-eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan, from legendary and pre-Islamic times through the early Islamic period until 1062.
The Tarikh-i Sistan (History of Sistan) is an anonymous Persian-language history of the region of Sistan, in modern north-eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan, from legendary and pre-Islamic times through the early Islamic period until 1062.
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The Muslim conquests of Afghanistan began during the Muslim conquest of Persia as the Arab Muslims migrated eastwards to Khorasan, Sistan and Transoxiana. Fifteen years after the Battle of Nahāvand in 642 AD, they controlled all Sasanian domains except in Afghanistan. Fuller Islamization was not achieved until the period between 10th and 12th centuries under Ghaznavid and Ghurid dynasty's rule who patronized Muslim religious institutions.
Sistan and Baluchestan Province is the second largest province of the 31 provinces of Iran, after Kerman province, with an area of 180,726 km2. It is in the southeast of the country, bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, and its capital is the city of Zahedan.
The Saffarid dynasty was a Persianate dynasty of eastern Iranian origin that ruled over parts of Persia, Greater Khorasan, and eastern Makran from 861 to 1003. One of the first indigenous Persian dynasties to emerge after the Islamic conquest, the Saffarid dynasty was part of the Iranian Intermezzo. The dynasty's founder was Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar, who was born in 840 in a small town called Karnin (Qarnin), which was located east of Zaranj and west of Bost, in what is now Afghanistan. A native of Sistan and a local ayyār, Ya'qub worked as a coppersmith (ṣaffār) before becoming a warlord. He seized control of the Sistan region and began conquering most of Iran and Afghanistan, as well as parts of Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Julugh Farrukhi Sistani, better known as Farrukhi Sistani was one of the most prominent Persian court poets in the history of Persian literature. Initially serving a dehqan in Sistan and the Muhtajids in Chaghaniyan, Farrukhi entered the service of the Ghaznavids in 1017, where he became the panegyrist of its rulers, Mahmud and Mas'ud I, as well as numerous viziers and princes.
Iranshahr County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Iranshahr.
Zabol County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Zabol.
Saravan County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Saravan.
Sarbaz County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Sarbaz.
Sistān, known in ancient times as Sakastān, is a historical and geographical region in present-day Eastern Iran and Southern Afghanistan. Largely desert, the region is bisected by the Helmand River, the largest river in Afghanistan, which empties into the Hamun Lake that forms part of the border between the two countries.
Abu Sulayman Muhammad Sijistani, also called al-Mantiqi, named for his origins in Sijistan or Sistan province in present-day Eastern Iran and Southern Afghanistan, became the leading Persian Islamic humanist philosopher in Baghdad.
Hirmand County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Dust Mohammad.
Konarak County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Konarak.
Sib and Suran County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Suran.
Dashtiari County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Negur.
Mehrestan County, formerly known as Zaboli County (Persian: شهرستان زابلی, is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Mehrestan, also formerly known as Zaboli.
The Persian Empire's province of Sistan in the 7th century extended from the modern Iranian province of Sistan to central Afghanistan and Baluchistan province of Pakistan.
Rostam Castle, Nain - also referred to as Haozdar Fort - is a castle in the Hamun County, and is one of the attractions of Sistan and Baluchestan Province. This castle was built by the Safavid dynasty-Seljuq dynasty.
Sistan-e Sofla is a village in Jolgah Rural District, in the Central District of Jahrom County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 52, in 13 families.
Golshan County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Jaleq.
Rask County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Rask.