[2] Pahares succeeded the last of the major Indo-Parthian kings, Sanabares, in 160 CE.

[2] In his coinage, he wears a Parthian-style tiara, a close-fitting headress in the style introduced by Sanabares, and the reverse has a figure of Nike walking.

[3] The Kingdoms of Turan and Sakastan ended when they submitted to the Sasanian ruler Ardeshir I circa 230 CE.

[2] These events were recorded by Al-Tabari, describing the arrival of envoys to Ardeshir at Gor:[2] “Then he [Ardashir] marched back from the Sawad to Istakhr, from there east to Sagistan, then to Gurgan, then to Abrasahr, Merv, Balkh, and Khwarizm to the farthest boundaries of the provinces of Kohrasan, whereupon he returned to Merv.

After he had killed many people and sent their heads to the Fire temple of Anahedh he returned from Merv to Pars and settled in Gor.