What is Sistan?
[[File:Ruined Gates of Haozdar.jpg|thumb|300px|The gates of Haozdar, in Sistan]] '''Sīstān''' ({{lang-fa|سیستان}}) is a border region in eastern [[Iran]] ([[Sistan and Baluchestan Province]]) and southern [[Afghanistan]] ([[Nimruz Province|Nimroz]], [[Kandahar province|Kandahar]] and [[Zabul province|Zabul]] provinces). Sistan was once the homeland of [[Saka]]s, a Scythian tribe of [[Iranian people|Iranic]] origin. The [[Saffarids]], one of the early Iranian dynasties of the Islamic era, were first from Sistan. ==References== <references /> * [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068007/Sistan Britannica] [[Category:Sistan and Baluchestan Province]] [[Category:History of Iran]] [[Category:History of Persia]]