Nasrid dynasty (Sistan)

Nasrid dynasty of Sistan
1029–1225
Nasrid coin of Nasrids
Nasrid coin
StatusKingdom
CapitalZaranj
Common languagesPersian
Religion
Sunni Islam
Malik 
• 1029–1073
Tadj al-Din I Abu l-Fadl Nasr
• 1106–1164
Taj al-Din II Nasr ibn Khalaf
• 1169–1213
Taj al-Din III Harb ibn Muhammad ibn Nasr
• 1213–1221
Yamin al-Din Bahram Shah ibn Harb
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
1029
• Disestablished
1225
Currencybillon Dirhem
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ghaznavids
Mongol Empire
Mihrabanid dynasty
Today part of

The Nasrid dynasty, also referred to as the Later Saffarids of Seistan or the Maliks of Nimruz, was an Iranian Sunni dynasty that ruled Sistan in the power vacuum left by the collapse of the Ghaznavid Empire and until the Mongol invasion of Central Asia. The Nasrids were a branch of the Saffarid dynasty, and the establishment of the Nasrid Kingdom at Nimruz in 1068 until its dissolution in 1225 represents a transient resurgence of Saffarid rule in Sistan.[1]

The kingdom was established by Tadj al-Din I Abu l-Fadl Nasr who was the Malik of Sistan under the Ghaznavids. Nasrid maliks ruled intermittently as sovereigns or vassals of larger neighboring powers, including the Seljuks, the Ghurids, and the Khwarezmians. After the dissolution of the kingdom by Inaltigin Khwarazmi[2] in the wake of the Mongol invasion, the region was ruled by a third dynasty of Saffarids, the Mihrabanids.

  1. ^ Mitchiner, Michael (1977). Oriental Coins and Their Values: The world of Islam. Hawkins Publications. p. 152. ISBN 978-0904173154.
  2. ^ Clifford Edmund Bosworth (January 1996). The New Islamic Dynasties. Columbia University Press. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-0-231-10714-3.

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