Sistan
（重定向自Seistan）
![The gates of Haozdar, in Sistan](/Images/godic/202502/10/Ruined_Gates_of_Haozdar0408.jpg")
![Map of Sakastan under the Sasanians](/Images/godic/202502/10/Sakastan_Sasanian_era0408.png")
![Map of the Safavid dynasty in ca. 1720, with Sistan as one of its major provinces.](/Images/godic/202502/10/Jomann_Imperium_Periscum0408.jpg")
Sīstān (Persian/Baloch/Pashto: سیستان), known in ancient times as Sakastan (Persian/Baloch/Pashto: ساكاستان; "the land of the Saka"), is a historical and geographical region in present-day eastern Iran (Sistan and Baluchestan Province), southern Afghanistan (Nimruz, Kandahar, and Zabul Province), and the Nok Kundi region of Balochistan (western Pakistan).