Turks in Sistan from Arabian raises to the Mongol invasion

Sistân, which is the name of the border province between Iran and Afghanistan today, has an important place in history with its wider borders. Other than the name of Sistân, it is known that Nimrûz, which means noon in Persian, because it is located in the south of Khorasan, and Zarangai/Zerenc which means lake and sea, in the old Avesta language, attribute to the Drangianas a branch of the Saka who came to the region in the II century B.C. Although it is stated in the legends about Sistân, which is known to have taken its name from the Sakas, who ruled in the VIII. B.C, that its establishment dates back to 3000 B.C., its transition to a settlement in the full sense was probably possible when the Sakas were pushed to these lands in the II. B.C. It is known that after the disintegration of the Great Hun State, there was a Turkish immigration towards the southern lands of Ceyhun, including the Sistân border in the west. The Akhuns, which were established after this agglomeration, are seen as a confederation that includes many Turkish tribes. With the emergence of the Göktürks on the stage of history in the VI century AD, the Akhuns lost their active role and lands in the region. However, the distance of these lands from the center of domination of the Göktürks and the division of the scattered Akhun remnants into many states caused the independent movements of these groups since the second half of the VII century. It is known that the first opposition political formation that came across in the Arab influxs that started in the same period was the Turkish Shahis from Halac Turks, the remnant of Akhun, who ruled in Sistân. After the abolition of this state between the VII-IX centuries, local dynasties known to be of Iranian origin emerged in Sistân. During the struggle of Tahiris and Saffârids, apart from these dynasties, the Samanids, who were stronger than the other two dominions also in the same period had the ruled in Sistân. It is known that the Ghaznavids and especially Sultan Mahmud were influential in the region in the later period. During the Seljuk period, Sistân caused political crises among the members of the dynasty. After the collapse of the Seljuks in 1157, the region passed under the rule of the Gûrlus and the Khwarezmshahs. Later, Sistân also got its share from the Mongol invasion that ravaged almost the whole world. After the Mongol destruction, the period of Nimrûz Meliks, known as the rule of local dynasties, began in the region.