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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.
Transoxania and the neighbouring regions of Greater Khorasan and Khwarazm in Central Asia Transoxiana ( lit. ' Land beyond the Oxus ' , now called the Amu Darya ) is the Latin name for the region and civilization located in lower Central Asia roughly corresponding to eastern Uzbekistan , western Tajikistan , parts of southern Kazakhstan , parts ...
The name Khorāsān (lit. "sunrise"; "east"; or "land of the rising sun") was originally given to the eastern province of Persia during the Sassanian period. [2] The old Iranian province of Khorasan roughly formed the western half of the historical Greater Khorasan, [7] a region which included parts that are today in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Khorasan commonly refers to: Greater Khorasan, a historical region of Central Asia, now in modern-day northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan and northern Afghanistan, sometimes used in a looser sense to include parts of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan; The northeastern area of Iran, until 2004 comprising Khorasan Province, subsequently divided into:
Eastern Iran includes the provinces North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan and Sistan and Baluchestan some of which share a border with Afghanistan and Pakistan. Some references also count Kerman Province to this region. Dominated by deserts, this region is characterised by an arid or hyper-arid climate. [1] [2]
The Samanid Empire, rising from the Arab Muslim conquest of Persia, pushed into what was then called Greater Khorasan, including Transoxiana and the Fergana Valley from the West. In 819, Ahmad ibn Asad —son of Asad ibn Saman —was granted authority over the city of Fergana by Caliph Al-Ma'mun 's governor of Khorasan , Ghassan ibn 'Abbad, as ...
Khorasan — a geographic and historical region of Central Asia and the northeastern Iranian Plateau of Western Asia. Greater Khorasan is primarily located within present day northeastern Iran and western Afghanistan .
In 1262, Hulagu gave Greater Khorasan and Mazandaran to Abaqa and northern Azerbaijan to Yoshmut. Hulagu himself spent his time living as a nomad in southern Azerbaijan and Armenia. During his early rule, the Ilkhanate experienced mass revolts by its subjects, with the exception of the Seljukids and Artuqids in Anatolia and Mardin.