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/1141 CE, in Sijistān, in Persian Khorasan, modern Iran1.
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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Dasht may be either the town in Khorasan or the “forests” (dasht) belonging to Ahwáz
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For example, we inveigh every day against the Turks, and we call Khorasan [48] by its new name; when the old word has been forgotten and has almost disappeared, no use of ancient sources, even if they were available, has been made: I have chosen to use no word unless it were in common use.
The Deeds of God Through the Franks Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy Guibert 1088
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Depression of British trade in Khorasan, NAI, Foreign Secret F, April 1895, Proceeding Nos.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Use of the word Khorasan here indicates that the word and concept of Afghanistan had then not fully adhered in colonial and local discourses. back
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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And after, on this half, is the kingdom of Khorasan, that is a good land and a plenteous, without wine.
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This hadith predicted that the climax would come in the land known as Khorasan, which today includes Afghanistan, the tribal areas of Pakistan and parts of Iran.
The Mahablog 2008
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Those to whom they were given took them back to their own homes, bringing some of them to the region called Khorasan, and others to the city of Antioch, where they would endure wretched slavery under the worst masters imaginable.
The Deeds of God Through the Franks Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy Guibert 1088
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This army will come from the East, and march towards Mecca beneath a black flag; the hadith talk about "the black flags of Khorasan," an ancient term for Afghanistan.
James Fergusson: Religious Reasons For The Taliban Attack On The Intercontinental Hotel James Fergusson 2011
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Some Pashtuns believe that "Khorasan" refers not just to Afghanistan but specifically to the 'Pashtun belt' that stretches across the south of the country and up into north-west Pakistan.
James Fergusson: Religious Reasons For The Taliban Attack On The Intercontinental Hotel James Fergusson 2011
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Pre-2004 this was a province of northeastern Iran, since dissolved into several smaller provinces, but in antiquity (from 6th century BCE) Khorasan referred to a much larger area comprising the east and north-east of the Persian Empire, its area today also including parts of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
January 23, 2020