Khorasan Province

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former administrative division of Iran historical province

Khorasan Province was a large historical region and former administrative division in northeastern Iran, known for its cultural significance and strategic location along the Silk Road.

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Label Occurrences
Khorasan Province canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division of Iran ⓘ
historical province ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safavid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersCountry Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsReligiousSite Imam Reza Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
dissolvedOn 2004 ⓘ
dividedInto North Khorasan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Razavi Khorasan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Khorasan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pilgrimage tourism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasCapital Mashhad NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Baluch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkmens NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPrecursorOf North Khorasan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Razavi Khorasan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Khorasan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Greater Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance center of Islamic learning ⓘ
key node on Silk Road ⓘ
knownFor Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
Sufi traditions ⓘ
cultural significance ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
trade routes ⓘ
language Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Iran ⓘ
locatedOn Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCity Birjand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bojnord NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mashhad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nishapur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sabzevar NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorTo current Khorasan provinces ⓘ
regionType administrative region ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousCenter Mashhad NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
early 21st century ⓘ

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Razavi Khorasan Province → formerPartOf → Khorasan Province ⓘ
North Khorasan Province → formedFrom → Khorasan Province ⓘ