Turan (Baluchistan) Explained

Turan (Urdu: توران), the medieval Islamic name for the district around Khuzdar, south of modern Quetta, in the east-central part of what is now Baluchistan, the territory in British Indian times of the Khanate of Kalat.[1]

Tabari, Istakhri and Ibn Hawqal mentioned Turan in their history books.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Minorsky, V. (2000). "Turan". In Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd edition, volume 10, pp. 672-673. Leiden: Brill.
  2. Web site: C. E. Bosworth . Clifford Edmund Bosworth . ṬURĀN . February 11, 2011 . Encyclopædia Iranica . November 14, 2012.

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