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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.
The first two or three digits after the zero are the area code. The possibilities are: (0XX) XXXX XXXX (for landlines), 09XX XXX XXXX (for cellphones) and 099XX XXX XXX (for MVNO). The initial zero is replaceable with +98. When making a call within the same landline area code, initial 0 plus the area code can be omitted.
Map showing Horasan District in Erzurum Province. ... Area code: 0442: ... Horasan is also one of the spellings of the Khorasan (or Greater Khorasan), ...
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.
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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.
Area codes are also assigned for non-geographic purposes. The rules for numbering NPAs do not permit the digits 0 and 1 in the leading position. [1] Area codes with two identical trailing digits are easily recognizable codes (ERC). NPAs with 9 in the second position are reserved for future format expansion.
A map of Greater Khorasan and Khanate of Nishapur in 1775 after the death of Nader Shah. After the death of Nader Shah Afshar in 1747, the area became an independent khanate under the reign of the Bayat chieftains.