Nasrid dynasty (Sistan) explained

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.

Nasrid maliks

Throne Name		Original Name	Portrait	Title	Born-Died	Entered office	Left office	Family Relations	Note
Nasrid dynasty, 1029-1225
1	Tadj al-Din I Abu l-Fadl Nasr			Malik		1029	1073		Malik of Sistan under the Ghaznavids
2	Baha al-Dawala Tahir ibn Nasr			Malik		1073	1088	son of Tadj al-Din I Nasr
3	Badr al-Dawala Abu ‘l-‘Abbas ibn Nasr			Malik		1088	1090	son of Tadj al-Din I Nasr
4	Baha al-Dawala Khalaf ibn Nasr			Malik		1090	1106	son of Tadj al-Din I Nasr
5	Taj al-Din II Nasr ibn Khalaf			Malik		1106	1169	son of Baha al-Dawala Khalaf
6	Taj al-Din III Harb ibn Muhammad ibn Nasr			Malik		1169	1213	grandson of Tadj al-Din I Nasr	Became vassal of Ghurids starting in 1175 AD
7	Yamin al-Din Bahram Shah ibn Harb			Malik		1213	1221	son of Taj al-Din III Harb	Killed during the Mongol invasion, ushering in a period of succession instability and subsequent dissolution.
8	Taj al-Din IV Nasr ibn Bahram Shah			Malik		1221	1221	son of Bahram Shah
9	Shihab al-Din Mahmud I ibn Harb			Malik		1221	1225	son of Taj al-Din III Harb
10	Rukn al-Din Mahmud ibn Bahram Shah			Malik		1221	1222	son of Bahram Shah
11	Abu ‘l-Muzaffar Ali ibn Harb			Malik		1222	1222	son of Taj al-Din III Harb
12	Ala al-Din Ahmad ibn Uthman Nasr al-Din ibn Harb			Malik		1223	1223	son of Taj al-Din III Harb
13	Uthman Shah ibn Uthman Nasr al-Din ibn Harb			Malik		1225	1225	son of Taj al-Din III Harb

See also

• Saffarids
• Mihrabanids
• Iranian Intermezzo
• History of Afghanistan
• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties

Notes and References

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