"S\u012Bst\u0101n (Persian/Baloch/Pashto: \u0633\u06CC\u0633\u062A\u0627\u0646), also known as Scythia, Sijist\u0101n (Arabic: \u0633\u062C\u0633\u062A\u0627\u0646\u200E), and S\u0101k\u0101st\u0101n (Persian/Baloch/Pashto: \u0633\u0627\u0643\u0627\u0633\u062A\u0627\u0646; literally \"land of the Saka or Scythians\"), 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)."@en . . . .