Greater Khorasan (Middle Persian: 𐬒𐬊𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬥, romanized: Xwarāsān; Persian: خراسان, [xoɾɒːˈsɒːn] ) is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plateau...

the western portion of the historical Greater Khorasan. The modern boundaries of the Iranian province of Khorasan were formally defined in the late nineteenth...

Look up Khorasan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Khorasan commonly refers to: Greater Khorasan, a historical region of Central Asia, now in modern-day...

eminent oasis-city of Merv. Topographically, Sanjan is located in the Greater Khorasan region of Central Asia. Politically, Sanjan is in the present-day Mary...

the city of Birjand. In 2014, the province was placed in Region 5. Greater Khorasan has witnessed the rise and fall of many dynasties and governments in...

May 29, 2004) were Razavi Khorasan, North Khorasan, and South Khorasan. In 2014 it was placed in Region 5. Greater Khorasan has witnessed the rise and...

Region 5 with Mashhad as the location of the region's secretariat. The Greater Khorasan has witnessed the rise and fall of many dynasties and governments in...

'Khorasan' refers to the concept of Greater Khorasan, a historical eastern region of the Iranian Plateau between Western and Central Asia. Khorasan was...

conquests that brought Islam to all of "Transoxiana and Turkestan." Greater Khorasan Khwarazm Hisar-i Shadman Zhabagin, Maxat; Balanovska, Elena; Sabitov...

been the historic capital of the Western Quarter[citation needed] of Greater Khorasan, the historic capital of the 9th-century Tahirid dynasty, the initial...

Afghanistan, the northern areas of which were a part of ancient Khwarazm and Greater Khorasan. Others, however, disagree. University of Hawaii historian Elton L...

India known as "Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains" Greater Khorasan (the literal translation of "Khorasan" is "sunrise"), a historical region of Persia Rising...

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dynasty of eastern Iranian origin that ruled over parts of Persia, Greater Khorasan, and eastern Makran from 861 to 1002. One of the first indigenous Persian...

Maturidi theologian (mutakallim), and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. Rumi's works were written mostly in Persian, but occasionally...

nearby. The region around Mazar-i-Sharif has been historically part of Greater Khorasan and was controlled by the Tahirids followed by the Saffarids, Samanids...

This is a list of monarchs who lost their thrones before the 13th century. Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also Adarnase...

victory, which subsequently brought down the Ghaznavid domination in Greater Khorasan. Forced out of Transoxiana in 1034 by the Karakhanids, the Seljuks...

originated from Greater Khorasan. This historical region of Central Asia is in part in northeastern Iran, where it constitutes modern Khorasan Province, part...

world, firmly establishing itself in Muslim Spain and Greater Iran, including Greater Khorasan, by the 9th century, where it acquired the support of rulers...

that is the caliph from Allah, Mahdi" (Da'if) — Sunan Ibn Majah, 4084 Greater Khorasan is a large territory that includes most of northern Afghanistan and...

tribute, and did the same with Thatta. During his time Tatar Khan of Greater Khorasan attacked Punjab multiple times and during final battle in Gurdaspur...

scientist. Born in 850 CE in Shamistiyan, in the province of Balkh, Greater Khorasan, he was a disciple of al-Kindi. He also founded the "Balkhī school"...

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(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"...

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...

appeared along the Byzantine frontier, where they attracted converts from Greater Khorasan, an area that would become known as al-ʻAwāṣim in the ninth century...

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Trebizond became vassals of the Mongols. In 1236 Ögedei commanded Greater Khorasan to be restored and the city of Herat repopulated. The Mongol military...

part of various historical regions in history including Ariana and Greater Khorasan. The province serves today as Afghanistan's second but main gateway...