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Greater Khorasan

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Names of territories during the Caliphate in 750 CE. Khorasan was part of Persia (in yellow).

Greater Khorasan or Ancient Khorasan (Persian: خراسان بزرگ or خراسان کهن) (also written Khurasan) is a historical region of Greater Iran. It also included parts of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikstan[1][2]

Greater Khorasan Media

  • A map of Persia by Emanuel Bowen showing the names of territories during the Persian Safavid dynasty and Mughal Empire of India (c. 1500–1747)

  • An 1886 map of the 10th century Near East showing Khorasan east of the province of Jibal.

  • An early turquoise mine in the Madan village of Khorasan during the early 20th century

  • The village of Madan in 1909

  • Timurid conqueror Babur exiles his treacherous relative Muḥammad Ḥusaym Mīrzā to Khorasan.

References

  1. ↑ "Khurasan", The Encyclopaedia of Islam, page 55. (1967)Brill. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
  2. ↑ KhorasanEncyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2010-10-21.


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