Shams al-Din Ali ibn Mas'ud

Shams al-Din Ali ibn Mas'ud was the founder of the Mihrabanid dynasty of maliks in Sistan, on the borders of present-day Iran and Afghanistan. He established his rule in 1236, after the Mongol devastation ended the Nasrid maliks. His family claimed descent from the pre-Islamic Persian Saffarids and ruled Sistan under Mongol, Timurid and Safavid overlords for three centuries.