Khorasan

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historical region

Khorasan is a historical region in northeastern Iran and surrounding areas that served as a major cultural and political center in various Persian and Islamic empires.

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All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
Khorasan canonical 79
Greater Khorasan 46
Khurasan 26

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Khwarezm ⓘ
Sistan ⓘ
Tabaristan ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
capital Nishapur ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
etymology name means "where the sun arrives from" in Persian ⓘ
historicalEra Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Seljuk Empire ⓘ
Timurid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Timurid Empire

Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
historicalRole center of early Abbasid revolutionary movement ⓘ
key region on the Silk Road ⓘ
knownFor Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
urban centers ⓘ
language Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Greater Iran ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
northeastern Iran ⓘ
majorCity Balkh ⓘ
Herat ⓘ
Mashhad ⓘ
Merv ⓘ
Nishapur ⓘ
Quchan ⓘ
Sabzevar ⓘ
Sarakhs ⓘ
Tus ⓘ
modernCountries Afghanistan ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
modernDivision North Khorasan Province ⓘ
Razavi Khorasan Province ⓘ
South Khorasan Province ⓘ
partOf Islamic world ⓘ
Persian cultural sphere ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
surface form: Zoroastrianism (historical)
servedAs major cultural center ⓘ
major political center ⓘ

Referenced by (194)

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

Timurid dynasty → hasTerritory → Khorasan ⓘ
Durrani Empire → region → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Ferdowsi → birthPlace → Khorasan ⓘ
Ferdowsi → placeOfDeath → Khorasan ⓘ
Greater Iran → includesRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Omar Khayyam → birthPlace → Khorasan ⓘ
Omar Khayyam → deathPlace → Khorasan ⓘ
Aimaqs → subregion → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
al‑Ghazali → birthPlace → Khorasan ⓘ
subject surface form: Al-Ghazali
Islamic State – Khorasan Province → region → Khorasan ⓘ
Sahih al-Bukhari → placeOfCompilation → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khurasan region
Third Fitna → location → Khorasan ⓘ
Western Afghanistan → partOf → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan historical region
Harun al-Rashid → placeOfDeath → Khorasan ⓘ
Peshawar → historicalRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Nishapur → historicalRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
Bannu → historicalRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan cultural sphere
Bukhara, Uzbekistan → historicalRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
subject surface form: Bukhara
this entity surface form: Mawarannahr
Iranian plateau → contains → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khorasan region
Chagatai Turkic → usedInRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mawarannahr
Herat → partOf → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khorasan region
Shahrisabz → historicalRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mawarannahr
Abu Sa'id Mirza → ruledRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khurasan
Nader Shah → birthRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
Nader Shah → deathRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
Husayn Bayqara → realm → Khorasan ⓘ
Husayn Bayqara → regionRuled → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghanistan (historical region of Khorasan)
Ahmad Shah Durrani → territorialExtent → Khorasan ⓘ
Ghurid Empire → expandedInto → Khorasan ⓘ
Ghaznavid Empire → locatedIn → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Ghaznavid Empire → locatedIn → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khurasan
Al-Khwarizmi → birthPlace → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Samanid Empire → region → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Samanid Empire → hasTerritory → Khorasan ⓘ
Khorasani Turkic → spokenIn → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khorasan region
Al-Mansur → territorialControl → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khurasan
Al-Muqaddasi → describedRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khurasan
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi → placeOfBirth → Khorasan ⓘ
Balkh → partOf → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khorasan region
Balkh → historicalRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Masnavi → placeOfOrigin → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Tus → partOf → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Tus → historicalRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
Mahmud of Ghazni → regionRuled → Khorasan ⓘ
Parthian language → spokenIn → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan region
Pamir languages → historicalRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Sana'i → region → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Bactrians → historicalRegion → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Badakhshan → historicalRegionOf → Khorasan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Khorasan
Jalāl al-Dīn → birthRegion → Khorasan ⓘ