Aparviz of Sistan

Aparviz was a Iranian aristocrat, who served as the governor marzban (general of a frontier province, "margrave") of Sistan in the 7th-century.

He is first mentioned in 650/1 during the Arab invasion of Iran, where is mentioned as surrendering to the Rashidun Arabs; when he consulted the Arab military officer Rabi ibn Ziyad Harithi, the latter was using the bodies of two dead soldiers as a chair. This horrified Aparviz, who in order to spare the inhabitants of Sistan, made peace with the Arabs in return for heavy tribute. Two years later, the inhabitants of Sistan rebelled against the Arabs, however, no mention of Aparviz is made.

Sources

• Zarrinkub, Abd al-Husain (1975). "The Arab conquest of Iran and its aftermath". The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–57. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.