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Barmakids
Barmakids or Barmecides , Persian-descended religious family from Khorasan . They served as viziers to the Abbasid caliphs in the 8th cent. Khalid ibn Barmak, d. 782?, supported the revolution that brought about Abbasid rule. He was given certain ministerial powers, such as tax collecting a... Read more
Ahmad Shah
Ahmad Shah , c.1723-1773, Afghan ruler (1747-73), founder of the Durani dynasty. His success in commanding Afghan forces in India for Nadir Shah of Iran won him the rule of Afghanistan on Nadir's death (1747). He twice (1756, 1760) occupied and sacked Delhi, the capital of the Mughal empire. He co... Read more
Mahmud of Ghazna
Mahmud of Ghazna , 971?-1030, Afghan emperor and conqueror. He defeated (c.999) his elder brother to gain control of Khorasan (in Iran) and of Afghanistan. In his raids against the states of N India, Mahmud, a staunch Muslim, destroyed Hindu temples, forced conversions to Islam, and carried off boot... Read more
Zoroaster
Zoroaster , c.628 BC-c.551 BC, religious teacher and prophet of ancient Persia , founder of Zoroastrianism . Zoroaster, the name by which he is ordinarily known, is derived from the Greek form of Zarathushtra (or Zarathustra) [camel handler?], his Persian name. Zoroaster is believed to have been b... Read more
al- Ghazali
al- Ghazali , 1058-1111, Islamic theologian, philosopher, and mystic. He was born at Tus in Khorasan, of Persian origin. He is considered the greatest theologian in Islam. Al-Ghazali was appointed professor at Baghdad in 1091, but following a spiritual crisis in 1095 he abandoned his career to becom... Read more
Firdausi
Firdausi or Ferdowsi , c.940-1020, principal Persian poet, author of the Shah Namah [the book of kings], the great Persian epic. His original name was Abul Kasim Mansur; he is thought to have been born of a yeoman family of Khorasan. He received a thorough education in Muslim learning and in t... Read more
Mashhad
Mashhad , city (1991 pop. 1,759,155), capital of Razavi Khorasan prov., NE Iran. It is an industrial and trade center and a transportation hub. Manufactures include carpets, textiles, and processed foods. Mashhad is a religious center visited annually by large numbers of Muslim pilgrims. Formerly kn... Read more
Parthia
Parthia , ancient country of Asia, SE of the Caspian Sea. In its narrowest limits it consisted of a mountainous region intersected with fertile valleys, lying S of Hyrcania and corresponding roughly to the modern Iranian province of Khorasan. It was included in the Assyrian and Persian empires, the ... Read more
Nadir Shah
Nadir Shah or Nader Shah , 1688-1747, shah of Iran (1736-47), sometimes considered the last of the great Asian conquerors. He was a member of the Afshar tribe. Although taken prisoner by the Uzbeks while he was still a child, he escaped and entered the service of the governor of Khorasan. There ... Read more
Samarkand
Samarkand , city (1991 pop. 395,000), capital of Samarkand region, in Uzbekistan, on the Trans-Caspian RR. It is one of the oldest existing cities in the world and the oldest of Central Asia. At the time of its greatest splendor medieval Samarkand was a fabulous city of palaces and gardens, with pav... Read more

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Khorasan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa KHORASAN Province in northeastern Iran. The northeasternmost...of Iran, with its capital at Mashhad, Khorasan is dominated by a zone of mountain ranges...country, covering 194,700 square miles. Khorasan is bounded on the north by the steppes...
Nadir Shah
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Uzbek Tartars invaded the province of Khorasan, where Nadir lived with his mother...escape and returned to the province of Khorasan in 1708. Living under the most desperate...went to Babulu Khan, the governor of Khorasan, and asked for a job. Since Mazanderan...
Sana'i, Hakim
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Balkh. From there he reportedly traveled to other cities in Khorasan Province, which is now part of Iran. He eventually found...professional mentor. Influential Poem for Sultan While living in Khorasan, Sana'i became a highly praised writer of religious poetry...
Saffarid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...to include Baluchistan, Fars, Kerman, Sind, and in 873, Khorasan . However, Yaqub's forces were defeated (876) in an attempt...caliph ruling Baghdad. Amr, the governor of Fars, Isfahan, Khorasan, Sind, and Sistan, was defeated by the Samanids of Transoxiana...
Baluchistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...text, while a number of the medieval Muslim geographers mention a group called the "Balus," in the area between Kerman, Khorasan, Sistan, and Makran. When they actually began to see themselves as a distinct cultural unit is another matter of debate...
Damascus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...era from 661 to 750, Damascus constituted the center of a political and economic domain stretching from Spain in the west to Khorasan in the east. The third Umayyad ruler, al-Walid, transformed the comparatively modest mosque that had been built on the...
Khurasan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Khurasan Iran: see Khorasan .
White Huns
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the Chinese, who described them (AD 125) as living in Dzungaria. They displaced the Scythians and conquered Sogdiana and Khorasan before 425. They crossed (425) the Syr Darya (Jaxartes) River and invaded Persia. Held off at first by Bahram Gur, they...
Tughril Beg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...parts of Anatolia, Iraq, Persia, and Syria. He was early successful in conquests with his brother, who eventually governed Khorasan . Tughril Beg conquered Persia (1040-44) and Iraq (1055). His ideology sought to reinforce unity in the Islamic world...
Samarkand
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Bukhari (d. 870), near Samarkand, is a major Muslim shrine. Samarkand continued to prosper under the Samanid dynasty of Khorasan (874-999) and under the subsequent rule of the Seljuks and of the shahs of Khwarazm . In 1220, Jenghiz Khan captured and...

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Millenarianism: Islamic
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...form during the period of the Abbasid revolution (740 – 749): the Mahdi will arise in the east, in the region of Khorasan (today eastern Iran and Afghanistan), raise an army, march through the Iranian plateau to Iraq and establish his messianic...
Hedin, Sven Anders
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...ending with a pilgrimage to the tomb of N. M. Przhevalsky on the shore of Issyk Kul. He recounted his travels in Genom Khorasan och Turkestan (1892 – 1893). In 1892 Hedin resumed his studies in Berlin. His dissertation, entitled “...
Qāḍī Zāda Al-Rūmī
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x101; b . When he presented himself to Ulugh Beg in Samarkand ( ca. 1410) , he had spent some time in Iran, Jurjan, and Khorasan. At Jurjan he had met the philosopher-theologian Seyyid al-Sharif al-Jurj ā n ī . Therefore, the...

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KHORASAN PROVINCE SIGNS 150M-EURO DEAL WITH AUSTRIA'S BURGENLAND PROVINCE
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 7/22/2004; 373 words ; ...Times", an Iranian delegation from Khorasan province signed euro 150 million-worth...Burgenland province. Governor General of Khorasan province Hasan Rasuli led the Iranian...and 24 businessmen. Rasuli said that Khorasan province has decided to develop cooperation...
Kazatomprom to commission Khorasan-1 and Irkol uranium mines in spring 2008.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 11/23/2007; 515 words ; Kazatomprom to commission Khorasan-1 and Irkol uranium mines in spring...said it planned to commission the Khorasan -1 and Irkol in the Kyrylorda region...spring next year. The same applies to Khorasan-1. Contract work has been rounded...
KHORASAN PROVINCES, IRAQ TRADE EXCEEDS US$400 MLN IN 2007.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/7/2008; 425 words ; MASHHAD, Khorasan Razavi prov, May 7 Asia Pulse - Trade exchange between Khorasan provinces and Iraq exceeded US$400 million in...establishment of chambers of commerce in the provinces of Khorasan Razavi, West Azarbaijan, Kermanshah and Khuzestan...
IRAN: KHORASAN CRISIS FELT IN PARLIAMENT.(plan to divide Khorasan Province)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/14/2002; 661 words ; ...over the plan to divide northeastern Khorasan Province into smaller units, and these...legislature's presiding board, Neishabur (Khorasan Province) representative Hussein Ansari...who represents Khaf and Rashtkhar in Khorasan Province, was quoted by IRNA as saying...
KHORASAN STEEL COMPLEX PRODUCTION AND EXPORT STATISTICS
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 9/3/2002; ; 327 words ; ...steel products will be produced by Khorasan Steel Complex this year. Nabiol'ah Habibi the managing director of Khorasan Steel Company announced that, it...resources as the main problems facing Khorasan Steel Complex. (Source: Info...
IRAN: KHORASAN CRYSTAL MELAMINE UNIT INAUGURATED - OVERVIEW.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 6/9/2004; 576 words ; ...Times", the crystal melamine unit of Khorasan Petrochemical Complex was officially...000 tons molten urea to be supplied by Khorasan Petrochemical Complex as feed. Needed...will also be supplied by utilities of Khorasan Petrochemical Complex. Crystal melamine...
IRAN: RLS.8B TO BE INVESTED IN NORTH KHORASAN FISHERIES.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 7/27/2005; 448 words ; ...invested in the fisheries sector of North Khorasan Province. This northeastern province...percent of the water resources in North Khorasan are being used for farming fishes. After...fish and 38 warm-water fish. North Khorasan shares 27% of the Greater Khorasan...
IRAN'S KHORASAN PROVINCE EXPORTS US$131 MLN WORTH OF GOODS.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 8/29/2002; 330 words ; MASHHAD, Khorasan prov., Aug 29 Asia Pulse - Some 298...million have been exported abroad from Khorasan province in the first five months of...started March 21), official in charge of Khorasan customs department Naser Kaviyani said...
NON-OIL PRODUCT EXPORTS FROM IRAN'S KHORASAN PROVINCE UP 27 PCT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 11/6/2002; 337 words ; MASHHAD, Khorasan prov, Nov 6 Asia Pulse - The Director General of Khorasan province Customs Department, Nasser Kaviyani...US$800,000 have already been exported through Khorasan province customs offices in the current year...
GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS, WIND FARMS TO COME INTO LINE IN KHORASAN
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 8/31/2006; 265 words ; ...2007, Fakhr-Nabavi, managing director of Khorasan Regional Power Company claimed. He also stated...generation capacity of 28.3 MW will be set up in the Khorasan region, consisting of Khorasan Razavi, South Khorasan, and North Khorasan...