A year later(1003), Sistan revolted. In response, Mahmud brought an army to suppress the revolt. Mahmud's Hindu troops sacked the mosque of Zarang massacring the Muslims inside.[1]
In 1029, Tadj al-Din I Abu l-Fadl Nasr founded Nasrid dynasty, a branch of Saffarids as melik of Sistan for Ghaznavids. The dynasty became vassals of Seljuks in 1048, Ghurids in 1162, Khwarezmshahs in 1212. Mongols sacked Sistan in 1222 and Nasrid dynasty was ended by Khwarezmshahs in 1225.
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- ^ C.E. Bosworth, The Ghaznavids 994-1040, (Edinburgh University Press, 1963), 89.