eastern Iran

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geographical region

Eastern Iran is the broad region forming the eastern part of the modern state of Iran, historically significant as a crossroads of Persian, Central Asian, and Eastern Iranian cultures and languages.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
eastern Iran canonical 8
southeastern Iran 4
Northeastern Iran 2

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
borders Afghanistan ⓘ
central Iran ⓘ
surface form: Central Iran

Pakistan ⓘ
contains Birjand ⓘ
Mashhad ⓘ
Neyshabur ⓘ
North Khorasan Province ⓘ
Razavi Khorasan Province ⓘ
Sabzevar ⓘ
Sistan and Baluchestan Province ⓘ
South Khorasan Province ⓘ
Zabol ⓘ
Zahedan ⓘ
parts of Kerman Province ⓘ
parts of Yazd Province ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
crossroadsOf Central Asian cultures ⓘ
Eastern Iranian cultures ⓘ
Persian cultures ⓘ
Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road trade routes
dominantReligion Islam ⓘ
economyActivity agriculture ⓘ
cross-border trade ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Gorgan ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
Quhistan ⓘ
Sistan ⓘ
historicallyPartOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Greater Iran ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire

Sasanian Empire ⓘ
historicalReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Manichaeism ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
languageCurrentlySpoken Balochi ⓘ
surface form: Baluchi language

Aimaq dialect of Persian ⓘ
surface form: Dari-type Persian varieties

Persian language ⓘ
Turkmen language ⓘ
languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Bactrian language ⓘ
Parthian language ⓘ
Sogdian language ⓘ
locatedIn Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Greater Khorasan region

Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Plateau

Middle East ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
partOf Iran ⓘ
terrainFeature desert ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
steppe ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Iranian languages → geographicDistribution → eastern Iran ⓘ
Ghurid Empire → expandedInto → eastern Iran ⓘ
Makran coast → locatedIn → eastern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern Iran
Sijistan → locatedIn → eastern Iran ⓘ
Zahedan → locatedInRegion → eastern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern Iran
Birjand → locatedInRegion → eastern Iran ⓘ
Birjand → region → eastern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Iran
Tahirid dynasty → regionRuled → eastern Iran ⓘ
Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum → region → eastern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Iran
Samen Stadium → region → eastern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Iran
Kerman region → locatedIn → eastern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern Iran
Sistan → locatedIn → eastern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern Iran
central Iran → bordersRegion → eastern Iran ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Iran
this entity surface form: Eastern Iran
South Khorasan Province → locatedIn → eastern Iran ⓘ
Kart dynasty → territorialExtent → eastern Iran ⓘ
Gwadar Bay → locatedInRegion → eastern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern Iran
Masud I of Ghazni → region → eastern Iran ⓘ