Sistan an Baluchestan
(
Persie
:
Sist?n wa Balu?est?n
) is ane o the 31
provinces
o
Iran
. It is in the sootheast o the kintra, borderin
Pakistan
an
Afghanistan
an its caipital is
Zahedan
.
The province is the lairgest in Iran, wi an aurie o 181,785 km² an a population o 2.4 million. The coonties o the province are
Chabahar
,
Dalgan
,
Hirmand
,
Iranshahr
,
Khash
,
Konarak
,
Nikshahr
,
Saravan
,
Sarbaz
,
Soran
,
Zabol
,
Zaboli
,
Zahedan
an
Zehak
.
The population comprises
Sunni Muslim
Baluchis
an
Shi'a
Persian
Sistanis
.
The province comprises twa sections,
Sistan
in the north an
Baluchestan
in the sooth. The combined Sistan & Baluchestan province the day accoonts for ane o the driest regions o
Iran
wi a slicht increase in rainfaw frae east tae wast, an an obvious rise in humidity in the coastal regions. The province is subject tae seasonal winds frae different directions, the maist important o which are the 120-day wind o Sistan kent as
Levar
, the
Qousse
wind, the seiventt (
Gav-kosh
) wind, the
Nambi
or sooth wind, the
Hooshak
wind, the humid an saisonal winds o the Indian Ocean, the North or (
Gurich
) wind an the wastren (
Gard
) wind.
In the sooth, east an wast o Sist?n an Bal?chest?n, the fowk are maistly
Bal?ch
an speak the
Balochi leid
. The name
Bal?chest?n
means "Land o the
Bal?chi
" in
Persie leid
. Similarly, the Persie leid name Sist?n comes frae the
Auld Persie
Sakast?na
, meanin "Land o the
Sakas
".
Mony scholars, orators, an literary personalities hae sprung up frae this pairt o Iran, amangst which are the reputit
Farrokhi sistani
,
Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar
an
Rostam
.
Ayatollah Sistani
is an aa frae Sist?n; tho he currently resides in
Najaf
,
Iraq
.
In the epigraphs o Bistoon an
Persepolis
,
Sistan
is mentioned as ane o the eastren territories o
Darius the Great
. The name Sistan, as mentioned abuin, is derived frae
Saka
(an aa whiles
Saga
, or
Sagastan
), ane o the
Aryan
tribes that haed taken control ower this aurie in the year 128 BCE. Durin the
Arsacid Dynasty
(248 BC tae 224 CE), the province became the seat o
Suren-Pahlav Clan
. Frae the
Sassanid
period till the early Islamic period, Sistan flourished considerably.
Durin the reign o
Ardashir I o Persie
,
Sistan
came unner the jurisdiction o the Sassanids, an in 644CE, the
Arab Muslims
gained control as the Persian empire wis in its feenal moments o collapsin.
Durin the reign o the seciont caliph o
Islam
, this territory wis conquered bi the Arabs an an
Arab
commander wis assigned as govrenor. The famous
Persian
ruler
Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari
, whose descendants dominatit this aurie for mony centuries, later became govrenor o this province. In 916 CE, Baluchestan wis ruled bi the
Daylamids
an thereefter the
Seljuqids
, when it became a pairt o
Kerman
. Dynasties such as the
Saffarids
,
Samanids
,
Qaznavids
, an
Seljuqids
, an aa ruled ower this territory.
In 1508 CE, Shah
Ismail I
o the
Safavid
dynasty conquered Sistan, an durin the reign o
Nader Shah
thare wis further turmoil.
Baluchestan haes aaways gane bi twa auncient names, the
Maga/Maka
(which throu the passage o time it chyngit tae
Mokran /
Makran
), an
Godar
(frae the
Bactrian leid (Pashto)
frae which the Greeks derived
Gedrosia
an which, throu the passage o time, chyngit tae
Gwadar
). Baith names still survive inside the
Pakistan
admeenistered pairt o Baluchestan the day.
Sistan an Baluchestan the day
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The province the day is the maist unnerdeveloped, desolate, an poorest o
Iran
's provinces. The govrenment o Iran haes been tryin tae reverse this situation bi implementin new plans such as creatin the
Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone
.
- University o Sistan an Baluchestan
- Chabahar Maritime University
- Zabol University
- Islamic Azad University o Iranshahr
- Islamic Azad University o Zahedan
[1]
Archived
2019-02-17 at the
Wayback Machine
- Zahedan University o Medical Sciences
[2]
Archived
2007-01-01 at the
Wayback Machine
- Zabol University o Medical Sciences
- International University o Chabahar
- Iranshar University
A nummer o Iranian scholars hae published thair wirks on the cultural an social issues o Balochistan o Iran such as Dr. Iraj Afshar Sistani, Dr. Azim Shahbukhsh, Ghasem Siasar, an Abdolvodod Sepahi. On poleetical issues several major wirks hae been done bi Professor Selig Harrison an Dr. Taj Mohammad Berissiq. Housomeivver, on the politics o Balochistan efter the Islamic Revolution o 1979, twa substantial studies hae been carried oot bi Dr. Mohammad Hassan Hosseinbor an Dr. Ahmad Reza Taheri.
- Chabahar Free Trading Zone, Sistan and Baluchistan
Archived
2011-07-08 at the
Wayback Machine
- Chris Zambelis, "Insurrection in Iranian Balochistan,"
Jamestown Foundation,
Vol. 6, Iss. 1, 11 Januar 2008.
- Chris Zambelis, "Violence and Rebellion in Iranian Balochistan,"
Jamestown Foundation,
Vol. 4, Iss. 13, 29 Juin 2006.
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