Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• abdolah safarzaie ¹
• Marziyeh Balochi ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Velayat

² Graduated from the University of Velayat with a master's degree in History of Iran in the Islamic period

Abstract

Sistan and Makoran were two states in the southeast of the lands of the Eastern Caliphate and in the Thaghur region in the 3rd to 6th centuries of Hijri. In that historical period, the territorial extent of Sistan and Makoran states was in the best historical conditions and much wider than today. At the beginning of the third century AH, Sistan was under the control of Taherians. In the middle of the third century, the Saffarians ruled over large parts of Iran, including Makoran, centered in Sistan. When the Samanids came to power, followed by the Ghaznavid and Seljuk Turks, their efforts to dominate Sistan and Makoran began. On the other hand, Al Boyeh conquered the western areas of Makoran in the 4th century. Such struggles to dominate Sistan and Makoran and the resistance of the remaining Safari kings in Sistan and the rulers of Makoran for their political independence had created complex political relations in the region. On the other hand, Adavieh Road and its numerous branches also facilitated the conditions of bilateral relations between Sistan and Makoran. Therefore, the investigation of the political relations between Makoran and Sistan in this period has a place for analysis and research. When the Saffarians came to power in Sistan in the third century and later, the rulers of Sistan tried to dominate Makoran, but the rulers of Makoran tried to manage this region by themselves. Many of the Turks' attacks on Makoran were carried out through Sistan, and sometimes some rulers of Sistan took refuge in Makoran as a result of the pressure of the invading tribes or internal factions. The purpose of this article is to explain the political relations between Sistan and Makoran from the third to the sixth century of Hijri. This research has been done in a descriptive-analytical way using library resources. The achievement of this research is to get to know the useful experiences of relations between Sistan and Makoran from the 3rd to the 6th century and to use those experiences in the planning and policies facing the province of Sistan and Baluchistan.

Keywords

• Sistan
• Makoran
• relations
• political
• Spice Road
• third century
• sixth century

Main Subjects

• History