Khorasan

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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 Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
  • The northeastern area of Iran, until 2004 comprising Khorasan Province, subsequently divided into:
    • South Khorasan Province
    • North Khorasan Province
    • Razavi Khorasan Province

Khorasan may also refer to:

  • Khorasan, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
  • Khorosan, an alternate name of Sain Qaleh, Iran
  • Khuroson District, a district in Khatlon province of Tajikistan
  • Horasan, a town and district of Erzurum Province of Turkey
  • Khorasan wheat, a wheat variety
  • Khorasan group, a group of senior al-Qaeda members who reportedly operate in Syria
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province, a branch of ISIL that operates in Pakistan and Afghanistan

See also

  • Khorasani (disambiguation)
  • Khwarazm or Chorasmia, an oasis region south of the Aral Sea
  • Khwarazmian (disambiguation)
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