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Khorasan (Persian: استان خراسان [xoɾɒːˈsɒːn] ⓘ; also transcribed as Khurasan, Xorasan and Khorassan), also called Traxiane during Hellenistic and Parthian times, was a province in northeastern Iran until September 2004, when it was divided into three new provinces: North Khorasan, South Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan.
Greater Khorasan [2] (Middle Persian: 𐬒𐬊𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬥, romanized: Xwarāsān; Persian: خراسان, [xoɾɒːˈsɒːn] ⓘ) is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plateau in West and Central Asia that encompasses western and northern Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, the eastern halves of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, western Tajikistan, and portions of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
The Islamic State – Khorasan Province [a] (ISIS–K, IS–K, IS–KP) is a regional branch of the Salafi jihadist group Islamic State (IS) active in South-Central Asia, primarily Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Razavi Khorasan province (Persian: استان خراسان رضوی) [a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in northeastern Iran. Its capital is the city of Mashhad , the second-most-populous city in Iran.
South Khorasan province (Persian: استان خراسان جنوبی) [a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the eastern part of the country. Its capital is the city of Birjand . [ 4 ] In 2014, the province was placed in Region 5 . [ 5 ]
North Khorasan province (Persian: استان خراسان شمالی) [a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the northeast of the country. Its capital is the city of Bojnord. [4] North Khorasan is one of the three provinces that were created after the division of Khorasan in 2004. Khorasan was the largest province of Iran until it ...
Razavi Khorasan Province; Khorasan may also refer to: Khorasan, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran; Khorosan, an alternate name of Sain Qaleh, a city in Zanjan Province, Iran; Khuroson District, a district in Khatlon province of Tajikistan; Horasan, a town and district of Erzurum Province of Turkey; Khorasan wheat, a wheat variety ...
Akbarieh Garden is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Birjand, South Khorasan Province, Iran (WHS 1372–009). [1] It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2011. It annually receives thousands of domestic and foreign tourists. It is concomitantly used as a museum and tourist space. [2]