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- Bosworth, C.E. The History of the Saffarids of Sistan and the Maliks of Nimruz (247/861 to 949/1542-3). Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, 1994.
| Preceded by Izz al-Din ibn Rukn al-Din Mahmud | Mihrabanid malik 1380–1383 | Succeeded by Taj al-Din Shah-i Shahan |