Sistan
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Sistan
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From Persian سیستان (sistân), from earlier Persian سجستان (sajestân), from سکاستان (sakâstân), from Old Persian *Sakastānah.
proper noun
- A province in eastern Iran; in full, Sistan and Baluchestan.
- A geographic region of the eastern Iranian Plateau in eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Scythian Saka tribe between the 2nd century BCE and 1st century CE.
- Former name of Zabol.
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