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According to the medieval Tārīkh-i Sīstān, the city was founded by the Kharijite warlord Hamza bin Abdullāh Shārī, although scholars agree that this is probably only a reference to the Islamic conquest of the city.

In any case, Gardēz became a center of Kharijite belief for more than a century under the local dynasty of the Aflahids in the distant eastern parts of the Abbasid caliphate ..

In 870, the city was conquered by the Saffarid ruler Yaqub ibn Layth.

In 975, the Ghaznavids took over the city, while the converted Aflahids entered the Ghaznavid nobility.

In 1162, the city fell to the Sultāns of Ghōr.