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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 Malāmatiyya (ملامتية) or Malamatis were a Muslim mystic group active in 9th-century Greater Khorasan. The root word of their name is the Arabic word malāmah (ملامة) "blame". The Malamatiyya believed in the value of self-blame, that piety should be a private matter and that being held in good esteem would lead to worldly ...
In South Khorasan, the Baloch live as nomads and in the cities of South Khorasan as a group. In Birjand, Qaen, Nahbandan and Torbat Jam, [11] there are Baloch-inhabited areas that live densely with other ethnic groups. [12] [6] Kalateh-ye Morrehi; Zu ol Farrokh; Baluch Khaneh; Asefabad, Razavi Khorasan; Qush-e Azim; Qarah Qeytan; Jahand-e Pa'in ...
The Khorasan group, sometimes known simply as Khorasan, was an alleged group of senior al-Qaeda members operating in Syria. [15] The group was reported to consist of a small number of fighters who are all on terrorist watchlists, and coordinated with al-Nusra Front , al-Qaeda's official affiliate in Syria.
This first group was followed by a second group from Greater Khorasan within five years of the first, and this time having religious implements with them (the alat). In addition to these Khorasani s or Kohistani s "mountain folk", as the two initial groups are said to have been initially called, [ 57 ] at least one other group is said to have ...
(Reuters) - The United States said it conducted air strikes on Wednesday night against the so-called Khorasan group, an al Qaeda-linked militant faction based in Syria, and said the group was ...
Mardum-i Hazara Wa Khorasan-i Buzurg (The Hazara people and Greater Khorasan) is Persian language book about the history and origins of the Hazara people by Muhammad Taqi Khavari. [ 1 ] See also
This is due to the fact that one of Greater Iran's historical cultural capitals, called Greater Khorasan, which included parts of modern Central Asia and much of Afghanistan and constitutes as the Tajik's ancestral homeland, played a key role in the development and propagation of Persian language and culture throughout much of Greater Iran ...