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Ruined Gates of Haozdar
The gates of Haozdar, in Sistan

Sīstān (Persian: سیستان) is a border region in eastern Iran (Sistan and Baluchestan Province) and southern Afghanistan (Nimroz, Kandahar and Zabul provinces).

Sistan was once the homeland of Sakas, a Scythian tribe of Iranic origin. The Saffarids, one of the early Iranian dynasties of the Islamic era, were first from Sistan.

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  • SAKAURAKAE (Sakastan). Tanlesmos. Circa 80-40 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.60 gm). A Parthian drachm of Orodes II with addition TANLHC around head left wearing leather cap

    Coinage of the Sakaurakae ruler Tanlesmos (Sakastan, circa 80-40 BC). A Parthian drachm of Orodes II with the addition of the name TANLHC.

  • Coin Tanlis Mardates with Rangodeme

    Coin of Tanlismaidates, Parthian governor of Sakastan (ruled circa 80-40 BC), with Rangodeme.

  • Narseh (Narsē). AD 293-303. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.80 g, 3h). Style J, Phase 3. Sakastan mint

    Coinage of Narseh (Narsē). AD 293-303. Sakastan mint.

  • Southeastern part of the Sasanian Empire

    Map of Sakastan under the Sasanians.

  • Arab-Sasanian coin (issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra) struck during the reign of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan

    Coin issued by Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra, governor of Sijistan, at the time of the fifth Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (647–705 CE). Dated AH 65-86 / 685-705 CE.

  • Jomann Imperium Periscum

    Map of the Safavid dynasty in ca. 1720, with Sistan as one of its major provinces.

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