The ''Tarikh-i Sistan'' (''History of Sistan'') is an anonymous

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history of the region of

Sistan Sistān ( fa, سیستان), known in ancient times as Sakastān ( fa, سَكاستان, "the land of the Saka"), is a historical and geographical region in present-day Eastern Iran ( Sistan and Baluchestan Province) and Southern Afghanistan (N ...

, in modern north-eastern

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and southern

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, from legendary and pre-Islamic times through the early Islamic period until 1062.

Sources

* History of Sistan 11th-century history books Persian-language books Medieval history of Iran {{Iran-hist-stub