Khorasan

English
the flag of the Khorasan
1926 map showing Muslim conquests till AD 750

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Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خراسان‎ (xorâsân), from earlier Persian خوراسان‎ (xwarâsân), from Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”).

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Khorasan

  1. (historical) The Sassanian and post-Islamic Persian name for the region of Parthia located in north east of Persia (Iran), sometimes covering also parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan; the Greater Khorasan.
  2. A pre-2004 province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces.
  3. (proscribed) Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”).

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