Mikalids

In 722, Divashtich was defeated and killed by the Arabs in Zarafshan,[2] and his son Tarkhun was taken as a prisoner of war to Iraq, where his family lived for three generations.

The latter served under the Saffarid Amr ibn al-Layth in Sistan, and then under his rebellious general Sebük-eri and finally as governor of Ahvaz under the caliph Al-Muqtadir (908-932).

His son Abu'l-Abbas Ismail served as head of the chancery of the Samanids and as rais of Nishapur.

A certain Mikalid nobleman named Hasanak Mikali, rose to high offices, and by 1024 became the vizier of the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud of Ghazni.

Another Mikalid named Sahib Husain Mikali, served as an administration and military officer under the Ghaznavids, but was captured by the Seljuq Turks during a battle.