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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.
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.
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. [5] Razavi Khorasan is one of the three provinces that were created after the division of Khorasan Province in 2004.
It was defined within the classical world of Persia to distinguish it from Iran proper, especially its northeastern province of Khorasan, [3] a term originating with the Sasanians, [4] although early Arab historians and geographers tended to subsume the region within the loosely defined term "Khorasan" designating a much larger territory.
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 ...
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
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 ]
The Greater Khorasan region is not to be confused with similarly named North, South, and Razavi (Central) Khorasan Provinces of modern Iran. ISIS–K's first wali, Hafiz Saeed Khan, in a 2016 interview featured in the Islamic State's 13th issue of the magazine Dabiq, described the region of Khorasan and its significance: