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.

Aliases (8)

Greater Khorasan ×7
Khorasan region ×3
Khurasan ×3
Mawarannahr ×3
Afghanistan (historical region of Khorasan) ×1
Greater Khorasan cultural sphere ×1
Greater Khorasan historical region ×1
Khurasan region ×1

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 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 →
locatedIn	Central Asia → Greater Iran → Middle East → northeastern Iran →
majorCity	Balkh → Herat → Mashhad → Merv → Nishapur → Quchan → Sabzevar → Sarakhs → Tus →
modernCountries	Afghanistan → Iran → Tajikistan NERFINISHED → Turkmenistan NERFINISHED →
modernDivision	North Khorasan Province → Razavi Khorasan Province → South Khorasan Province →
partOf	Islamic world → Persian cultural sphere →
religion	Islam → Zoroastrianism (historical) →
servedAs	major cultural center → major political center →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bannu ("Greater Khorasan cultural sphere") → Bukhara ("Mawarannahr") → Nishapur → Peshawar ("Greater Khorasan") → Shahrisabz ("Mawarannahr") →	historicalRegion
Al-Ghazali → Al-Khwarizmi ("Greater Khorasan") → Ferdowsi → Omar Khayyam →	birthPlace
Durrani Empire ("Greater Khorasan") → Islamic State – Khorasan Province → Samanid Empire ("Greater Khorasan") →	region
Samanid Empire → Timurid dynasty →	hasTerritory
Ghaznavid Empire ("Greater Khorasan") → Ghaznavid Empire ("Khurasan") →	locatedIn
Herat ("Khorasan region") → Western Afghanistan ("Greater Khorasan historical region") →	partOf
Ferdowsi → Harun al-Rashid →	placeOfDeath
Nader Shah →	birthRegion
Iranian plateau ("Khorasan region") →	contains
Omar Khayyam →	deathPlace
Nader Shah →	deathRegion
Ghurid Empire →	expandedInto
Greater Iran ("Greater Khorasan") →	includesRegion
Third Fitna →	location
Sahih al-Bukhari ("Khurasan region") →	placeOfCompilation
Husayn Bayqara →	realm
Husayn Bayqara ("Afghanistan (historical region of Khorasan)") →	regionRuled
Abu Sa'id Mirza ("Khurasan") →	ruledRegion
Khorasani Turkic ("Khorasan region") →	spokenIn
Aimaqs ("Greater Khorasan") →	subregion
Al-Mansur ("Khurasan") →	territorialControl
Ahmad Shah Durrani →	territorialExtent
Chagatai Turkic ("Mawarannahr") →	usedInRegion