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The Tarikh-i Sistani, was written between 1277 and 1281 by an unknown author. It includes information on the Saffarid dynasty, the development of Persian poetry and is a principal primary source for the region of Sistan from the ninth to the thirteenth century.

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The people of Sistan were the first to embrace Islam, following the surrender of the Sassanid margrave Aparvi i Rostam to the Muslim commander Al-Rabi b. Ziyad. The Muslim saint, Hasan of Basra, designed Sistan's mihrab and the pulpit of its Friday mosque.

The Tarikh-i Sistani records the initial development of Persian poetry, by quoting verses taken from Zoroastrians at Karkuy in Sistan. Other verses quoted include those by the Saffarid Ya'qub's secretary Muhammad ibn Vasif. Following the Saffarid Ya'qub's victory at Herat and Pushang, poets eulogized him in Arabic verse. Ya'qub unable to understand Arabic asked Muhammad ibn Vasif to have the verses written in Persian. Also included is a reference to the romance story of a local Sistani hero, told in the Bakhtiyar-nameh.

The Tarikh-i Sistani contains a full account of the Kharijite revolt.

Under the Saffarid ruler, Tahir b. Muhammad, Sistan suffered from a distinct economic decline. Consequently, from the 11th to the 13th century, Sistan was subjected to epidemics, floods and famine which further damaged its economic conditions.

A continuation of the Tarikh-i Sistan is the Ehya al-Moluk which ends c.1650(1028 A.H.).