Khorasan Explained

Khorasan commonly refers to:

• Greater Khorasan, a historical region of Central Asia, now in modern-day northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan and northern Afghanistan, sometimes used in a looser sense to include parts of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
• The northeastern area of Iran, until 2004 comprising Khorasan Province, subsequently divided into:
  • South Khorasan Province
  • North Khorasan Province
  • Razavi Khorasan Province

Khorasan may also refer to:

• Khorasan, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
• Khorosan, an alternate name of Sain Qaleh, Iran
• Khuroson District, a district in Khatlon province of Tajikistan
• Horasan, a town and district of Erzurum Province of Turkey
• Khorasan wheat, a wheat variety
• Khorasan group, a group of senior al-Qaeda members who reportedly operate in Syria
• Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province, a branch of ISIL that operates in Pakistan and Afghanistan

See also

• Khorasani (disambiguation)
• Khwarazm or Chorasmia, an oasis region south of the Aral Sea
• Khwarazmian (disambiguation)