Editing Mithridates II of Parthia (section)

== Wars to the east ==
According to Justin, Mithridates II avenged the death of his "parents or ancestors" (''ultor iniuriae parentum''), which indicates that he fought and defeated the [[Tocharians]], who had killed Artabanus I and Phraates II.{{sfn|Olbrycht|2010|p=151}}{{sfn|Olbrycht|2015|p=334}} Mithridates II also reconquered western [[Bactria]] from the [[Scythians]].{{sfn|Olbrycht|2010|p=151}} [[Parthian coinage]] and scattered reports imply that Mithridates II ruled [[Balkh|Bactra]], Kampyrtepa, and [[Termez]], which means that he had reconquered the very lands that been conquered by his namesake [[Mithridates I of Parthia|Mithridates I]] ({{reign|171|132 BC}}).{{sfn|Olbrycht|2010|pp=151–152}} Control over the middle [[Amu Darya]] including [[Türkmenabat|Amul]] was vital for the Parthians, in order to thwart incursions by nomads from [[Transoxiana]], particularly from [[Sogdia]].{{sfn|Olbrycht|2010|p=152}} Parthian coins continued to be minted in western Bactria and in the middle Amu Darya until the reign of [[Gotarzes II]] ({{reign|40|51|era=AD}}).{{sfn|Olbrycht|2010|p=152}}

Nomadic invasions had also reached the eastern Parthian province of [[Drangiana]], where strong [[Saka]] dominions had been established,{{sfn|Olbrycht|2010|pp=152–153}} thus giving the rise to the name [[Sistan|Sakastan]] ("land of the Saka").{{sfn|Frye|1984|p=193}}{{sfn|Bosworth|1997|pp=681–685}} These nomads had probably migrated to the area due to the pressure that Artabanus I and Mithridates II had been putting against them in the north.{{sfn|Olbrycht|2010|p=153}} Sometime between 124 and 115 BC, Mithridates II sent an army led by a general of the [[House of Suren]] to recapture to the region.{{sfn|Gazerani|2015|p=14}} After Sakastan was incorporated back into the Parthian realm, Mithridates II rewarded the region to the Surenid general as his fiefdom.{{sfn|Gazerani|2015|p=14}} The eastern extent of the Parthian Empire under Mithridates II reached as far as [[Arachosia]].{{sfn|Olbrycht|2010|p=153}}