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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...
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...
Barmakids
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Barmakids or Barmecides , Persian-descended religious family from Khorasan . They served as viziers to the Abbasid caliphs in the 8th...his father's central duties and was appointed governor of Khorasan. However, by 800 the Barmakids' power and status were rapidly...
Baghdad
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...with four gates opening toward Basra, Syria, Kufah, and Khorasan. It was surrounded by a deep moat and had four highways radiating...It was a meeting place for caravan routes on the road to Khorasan. It had a system of canals that provided water for cultivation...
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...
Samanid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Samanid , Muslim Persian dynasty that ruled (819-1005) in Khorasan and Transoxiana as vassals of the Abbasids ; founded by Saman...become extensive. In 900, Ismail defeated the Saffarids in Khorasan, while his brother was the governor of Transoxiana; thus...
Naqshbandi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...policy, or control large tracts of land. In the regions of Khorasan and Transoxiana, in which Turko-Mongols ruled over predominantly...urban and rural areas. However, at the height of its power in Khorasan, the Naqshbandiya was firmly entrenched in the intellectual...
Zoroaster
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of a new religion. His attempts to proselytize at home failed, and he fled east to ancient Chorasmia (now largely Iranian Khorasan), where he converted King Vishtaspa (who may have been Hystaspes, the father of Darius). The religion then spread rapidly...
Timurids
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...to an end when they took (1410) Baghdad. Shah Rukh, Timur's son, ruled (1409-46) the eastern empire, including Khorasan and Transoxiana (region E of the Amu Darya, or Oxus, River). He fought the Black Sheep and succeeded in recapturing Tabriz...

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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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IRAN: MORE UNREST OVER PLAN TO DIVIDE PROVINCE.(Khorasan province to be divided)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/8/2002; 700+ words ; ...late-April over the division of Khorasan Province, in a repetition of previous unrest over the same issue. Khorasan Governor-General Hassan Rasuli said...introduced in February creates a Northern Khorasan Province, with Bojnurd as its capital...
KHORASAN PROVINCE SIGNS 150M-EURO DEAL WITH AUSTRIA'S BURGENLAND PROVINCE
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 7/22/2004; 380 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...
KHORASAN PROVINCES, IRAQ TRADE EXCEEDS US$400 MLN IN 2007.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/7/2008; 416 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...
KHORASAN RAZAVI PROVINCE HAS MAJOR ROLE IN IRAN'S FOREIGN TRADE.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 8/23/2007; 528 words ; MASHHAD, Khorasan Razavi prov, Aug 23 Asia Pulse - Seventy per cent...to Central Asian states and Afghanistan are from Khorasan Razavi province. Director of Trade Organization of Khorasan Razavi province, Ali Safarzadeh said on Tuesday...
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...
IRAN - Khorasan Fertiliser Complex.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Downstream Trends; 4/12/1999; 700+ words ; ...Bojnurd in the north-eastern province of Khorasan, this complex was formally inaugurated...agriculture, which left storage facilities at Khorasan with surplus fertiliser amounting to...projects under the plan for 1989-94, the Khorasan complex was to be on stream by March...
IRAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR END TO PROBLEMS FACING KHORASAN PROV.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 10/26/2000; 469 words ; ...economic and social backwardness of Khorasan province and safeguarding security...region. In a meeting with MPs from Khorasan province, President Khatami called...Touching on problems caused by Khorasan's common borders with Afghanistan...
GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS, WIND FARMS TO COME INTO LINE IN KHORASAN
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 8/31/2006; 272 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...
IRAN - The Petrochemical Plants: Khorasan Fertiliser Complex
Newspaper article from: APS Review Downstream Trends; 6/2/1997; 686 words ; ...Bojnurd in the north-eastern province of Khorasan, this complex was formally inaugurated...Agriculture, which left storage facilities at Khorasan with surplus fertiliser amounting to...implemented under the plan for 1989-94, the Khorasan complex was scheduled to be on stream...
IRAN: GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS, WIND FARMS TO COME INTO LINE IN KHORASAN.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/31/2006; 371 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...