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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 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.
The ministers of labor and industry, mining, and trade were ordered by the president to visit South Khorasan for the inquiry process. [15] On 24 September, Zahra Saeedi , a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly 's committee on mining said that the mine's safety system was not working and that the central alarm system was either broken or ...
The Islamic State – Khorasan Province declared Wilayah [Wilayat] al-Hind (India Province) for IS on 11 May 2019 after clashes in Jammu and Kashmir in which ISJK leader Ishfaq Ahmad Sofi was killed. [135] Shafi Armar, a former member of the Indian Mujahideen, was formerly the chief of operations for the IS in India. [136]
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
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.
In 1507, Khorasan was occupied by Uzbek tribes. After the death of Nader Shah in 1747, parts of it were occupied by the Afghans for a short period. In these periods, Birjand was a small part of Quhistan which almost encompasses the borders of today South Khorasan.
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 ...