Quhistan (Persian: قهستان) or Kohistan (کهستان, "mountainous land") was a region of medieval Persia, essentially the southern part of Khurasan. Its boundaries...
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region—the Ilkhanate. Hülegü's campaign began with attacks on strongholds in Quhistan and Qumis amidst intensified internal dissensions among Nizari leaders...
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the northern and eastern regions, particularly in Daylam, Khurasan and Quhistan. The Ismailis and other occupied peoples of Persia held shared resentment...
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Province, South Khorasan Province, and sometimes eastern Semnan Province Quhistan - southern Khorasan; Persian Gulf Iran (Persian Gulf region of Iran, Southern...
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Birjand was a small part of Quhistan which almost encompasses the borders of today South Khorasan. The main cities of Quhistan were Toon (now Ferdows) and...
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Shahrud river. Meanwhile, Hassan dispatched Husayn Qa'ini to his homeland, Quhistan (a region southwest of Khurasan), where he was more successful. The Quhistani...
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the northern and eastern regions, particularly in Daylaman, Khorasan and Quhistan. The Ismailis and other occupied peoples of Iran held shared resentment...
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Ahmad Sanjar, then ruler of Khorasan, to attack Assassin strongholds in Quhistan. The siege at Tabas was at first successful, with the walls of the fortress...
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Kerman and Fars also; and from ʿAla al-Din of Alamut, his governors in Quhistan, Shihab al-Din and Shams al-Din. And all this great assembly came with...
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кӯҳистон, lit. 'mountainous land'), also transliterated Kuhistan, Kuhiston, Quhistan, may refer to: Kohistan District, Kapisa, Kapisa Province Kohistan Hesa...
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Great Desert. In this larger sense, it included Transoxiana, Sijistan and Quhistan. Its Central Asian boundary was the Chinese desert and the Pamirs, while...
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Daylaman (particularly, in Alamut and Rudbar; north of modern-day Qazvin) and Quhistan (south of Khurasan), as well as in Qumis. Most of the Syrian Ismaili castles...
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also known as Turaythith (طریثیث), is a medieval district and city of the Quhistan region. It corresponds to the Kashmar area, located in the present-day...
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successfully drove them from a number of their strongholds, including Quhistan and Tabas. However, an anecdote indicates that en route to their chief...
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al-Naysaburi - from Nishapur, Iran al-Qazwini – from Qazvin al-Quhistani - from Quhistan al-Qumisi, al-Kumisi - from Qumis, Iran al-Razi – from Ray, Iran al-Rûmani...
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managed to extend their influence beyond Sistan, such as when parts of Quhistan were conquered in the late 13th century. The Mihrabanids were often vassals...
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(Behistun / Persepolis / Naqsh-e Rustam / Susa / Daeva inscriptions) Akaufaka (Quhistan?) Amyrgoi Arabia Arachosia Aria Armenia Assyria Babylonia Bactria Cappadocia...
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tribes Qabailistan – a region in western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Quhistan – a region of medieval Persia, essentially the southern part of Greater...
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Iraq and dispatching expeditionary forces against Tukharistan, Balkh and Quhistan. Although the mass resettlement improved Iraq's economic and political...
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(Behistun / Persepolis / Naqsh-e Rustam / Susa / Daeva inscriptions) Akaufaka (Quhistan?) Amyrgoi Arabia Arachosia Aria Armenia Assyria Babylonia Bactria Cappadocia...
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made his most important contributions in science, first in those of the Quhistan region under Muhtasham Nasir al-Din Abd al-Rahim ibn Abi Mansur (where...
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Zamindawar. Ala al-Din Ali later lead a campaign against the Ismailis in Quhistan. After the death of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad in 1206, Ala al-Din Ali was...
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inherited most of the Kart lands, except for Sarakhs and a portion of Quhistan, which Ghiyas-uddin's stepbrother Malik Muhammad ibn Mu'izz-uddin gained...
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Ismailis of Persia and Syria Stalemate Nizaris consolidate a state in Daylam, Quhistan, and Jabal Bahra', then controls other scattered areas in Alborz mountains...
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(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 755–756. W. Barthold (1984). "Quhistan, Kirman, and Makran". An Historical Geography of Iran. Translated by Svat...
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Tabasayn (lit. 'the two Tabas') was a district in Quhistan in the medieval period. The name, although referring to both cities, was often applied by geographers...
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commander. Notably held by Buzurg-Ummid. Muhtasham (محتشم) – a governor of Quhistan. Mahdī - the rightly guided one Qāim - the one who rises Nāṭiq (ناطق) -...
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asawira via Quhistan. The people of Tabasayn had broken their peace treaty and had allied with the Hepthalites of Herat. al-Ahnaf reconquered Quhistan and defeated...
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Kerman and Fars also; and from ʿAla al-Din of Alamut, his governors in Quhistan, Shihab al-Din and Shams al-Din. And all this great assembly came with...
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insurrection against the Arabs. The rebellion spread in Herat, Badghis and Quhistan, and later they even managed to repel the Arabs from Nishapur and Balkh...
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