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Available in 55 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-55" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">55 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86" title="مقاطعة خراسان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقاطعة خراسان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xorasan_ostan%C4%B1" title="Xorasan ostanı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Xorasan ostanı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D3%A9%D1%80%D3%99%D1%81%D3%99%D0%BD" title="Хөрәсән – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Хөрәсән" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Харасан – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Харасан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хорасан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хорасан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan_(prov%C3%ADncia_de_l%27Iran)" title="Khorasan (província de l'Iran) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Khorasan (província de l'Iran)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хурасан – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Хурасан" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorasan_(Provinz)" title="Chorasan (Provinz) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Chorasan (Provinz)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Χορασάν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χορασάν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joras%C3%A1n_(Ir%C3%A1n)" title="Jorasán (Irán) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Jorasán (Irán)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%A4orasano" title="Ĥorasano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĥorasano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan" title="Khorasan – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Khorasan" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86" title="استان خراسان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان خراسان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorassan" title="Khorassan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Khorassan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoras%C3%A1n_(Ir%C3%A1n)" title="Khorasán (Irán) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Khorasán (Irán)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%DB%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%9A_%D8%A7%DB%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="خۊراسان ٚ اۊستان – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="خۊراسان ٚ اۊستان" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan-s%C3%A9n" title="Khorasan-sén – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Khorasan-sén" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BD%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD)" title="Խորասան (պատմական երկրամաս) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Խորասան (պատմական երկրամաս)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horasan_(pokrajina)" title="Horasan (pokrajina) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Horasan (pokrajina)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi_Khorasan" title="Provinsi Khorasan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Provinsi Khorasan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хорасан – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Хорасан" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan" title="Khorasan – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Khorasan" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%96%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಖುರಸಾನ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಖುರಸಾನ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хорасан – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Хорасан" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xorasan_(%C3%8Eran)" title="Xorasan (Îran) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Xorasan (Îran)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorasania" title="Chorasania – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Chorasania" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хорасан – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Хорасан" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan" title="Khorasan – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Khorasan" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="खोरासान प्रांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="खोरासान प्रांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan_(provincie)" title="Khorasan (provincie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Khorasan (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3" title="ホラーサーン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ホラーサーン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan_(provins)" title="Khorasan (provins) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Khorasan (provins)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuroson_(tarixiy_viloyat)" title="Xuroson (tarixiy viloyat) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Xuroson (tarixiy viloyat)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8" title="ਖੁਰਾਸਾਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਖੁਰਾਸਾਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorasan" title="Chorasan – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Chorasan" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora%C3%A7%C3%A3o_(Ir%C3%A3)" title="Coração (Irã) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Coração (Irã)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_Khorasan" title="Provincia Khorasan – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Provincia Khorasan" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хорасан – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Хорасан" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хорасан – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Хорасан" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan_province" title="Khorasan province – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Khorasan province" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AE%DB%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86" title="پارێزگای خۆراسان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پارێزگای خۆراسان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Хорасан (покрајина) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Хорасан (покрајина)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horasan_(pokrajina)" title="Horasan (pokrajina) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Horasan (pokrajina)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan" title="Khorasan – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Khorasan" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan" title="Khorasan – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Khorasan" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a 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Province</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Former province of Iran</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the historical region, see <a href="/wiki/Greater_Khorasan" title="Greater Khorasan">Greater Khorasan</a>. For the regional branch of the Islamic State, see <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Khorasan_Province" title="Islamic State – Khorasan Province">Islamic State – Khorasan Province</a>. 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Khorasan Province</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="fa"><span title="Persian-language text"><span lang="fa" dir="rtl">استان خراسان</span></span></div><div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Khurasan<br />Khorassan</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">Former <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran" title="Provinces of Iran">province of Iran</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IranKhorasan-SVG.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Khorasan within Iran (pre-2004)"><img alt="Map of Iran with Khorasan highlighted" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/IranKhorasan-SVG.svg/250px-IranKhorasan-SVG.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/IranKhorasan-SVG.svg/375px-IranKhorasan-SVG.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/IranKhorasan-SVG.svg/500px-IranKhorasan-SVG.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1071" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Khorasan within Iran (pre-2004)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Iran</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data">September 2004</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">299,231 km<sup>2</sup> (115,534 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:30" title="UTC+03:30">UTC+03:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iran_Standard_Time" title="Iran Standard Time">IRST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B04:30" title="UTC+04:30">UTC+04:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iran_Standard_Time" title="Iran Standard Time">IRST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Iran" title="Languages of Iran">Main language(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Persian</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Golden_Dome_of_Imam_Reza_shrine_and_Goharshad_Mosque_-_1976.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Golden_Dome_of_Imam_Reza_shrine_and_Goharshad_Mosque_-_1976.jpg/280px-Golden_Dome_of_Imam_Reza_shrine_and_Goharshad_Mosque_-_1976.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Golden_Dome_of_Imam_Reza_shrine_and_Goharshad_Mosque_-_1976.jpg/420px-Golden_Dome_of_Imam_Reza_shrine_and_Goharshad_Mosque_-_1976.jpg 1.5x, 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class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/d\/d9\/Khorasan_pronounce.ogg\/Khorasan_pronounce.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Khorasan pronounce.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/Khorasan_pronounce.ogg/Khorasan_pronounce.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Khorasan_pronounce.ogg" title="File:Khorasan pronounce.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>; also transcribed as <b>Khurasan, Xorasan</b> and <b>Khorassan</b>), also called <b>Traxiane</b> during <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenistic">Hellenistic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian</a> times, was a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran" title="Provinces of Iran">province</a> in northeastern <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> until September 2004, when it was divided into three new provinces: <a href="/wiki/North_Khorasan" class="mw-redirect" title="North Khorasan">North Khorasan</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Khorasan" class="mw-redirect" title="South Khorasan">South Khorasan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Razavi_Khorasan" class="mw-redirect" title="Razavi Khorasan">Razavi Khorasan</a>. </p><p>Khorasan historically referred to a much larger area, comprising the east and the northeast of the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Empire">Persian Empire</a>. The name <i>Khorāsān</i> is <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> and means "where the sun arrives from".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was first given to the eastern province of <a href="/wiki/Persian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Empire">Persia</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a><sup id="cite_ref-EncyclopediaBritannica_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EncyclopediaBritannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was used from the <a href="/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages" title="Late Middle Ages">Late Middle Ages</a> in distinction to neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Transoxiana" title="Transoxiana">Transoxiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This province, whose people are mainly <a href="/wiki/Shia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia">Shia</a> Muslims,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roughly encompassed the western portion of the historical <a href="/wiki/Greater_Khorasan" title="Greater Khorasan">Greater Khorasan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The modern boundaries of the Iranian province of Khorasan were formally defined in the late nineteenth century<sup id="cite_ref-EncyclopediaBritannica_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EncyclopediaBritannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the province was divided into three separate administrative divisions in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khorasan_province&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Khorāsān</i> (lit. "sunrise"; "east"; or "land of the rising sun") was originally given to the eastern province of <a href="/wiki/Persian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Empire">Persia</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Sassanid_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Sassanid Empire">Sassanian period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EncyclopediaBritannica_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EncyclopediaBritannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The old Iranian province of Khorasan roughly formed the western half of the historical <a href="/wiki/Greater_Khorasan" title="Greater Khorasan">Greater Khorasan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a region which included parts that are today in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a>. Some of the main historical cities of Persia are located in the older Khorasan: <a href="/wiki/Nishapur" title="Nishapur">Nishapur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tus,_Iran" title="Tus, Iran">Tus</a> (now in Iran); <a href="/wiki/Merv" title="Merv">Merv</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sanjan_(Khorasan)" title="Sanjan (Khorasan)">Sanjan</a> (now in Turkmenistan); <a href="/wiki/Samarkand" title="Samarkand">Samarkand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bukhara" title="Bukhara">Bukhara</a> (both now in Uzbekistan); <a href="/wiki/Herat" title="Herat">Herat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balkh" title="Balkh">Balkh</a> (now in Afghanistan); and <a href="/wiki/Khujand" title="Khujand">Khujand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Panjakent" title="Panjakent">Panjakent</a> (now in Tajikistan). The term was also used from the <a href="/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages" title="Late Middle Ages">Late Middle Ages</a>–especially in post-Mongol (<a href="/wiki/Chagatai_Khanate" title="Chagatai Khanate">Chagatai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Timurid_Empire" title="Timurid Empire">Timurid</a>) times–to distinguish the region from neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Transoxiana" title="Transoxiana">Transoxiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The modern Iranian boundaries of the province of Khorasan were defined and formalised in the late nineteenth century.<sup id="cite_ref-EncyclopediaBritannica_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EncyclopediaBritannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 1968 and September 1978, the region was the scene of two major <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquakes</a> that left 12,000 and 25,000 people dead, respectively. A third major earthquake, the <a href="/wiki/1997_Qayen_earthquake" title="1997 Qayen earthquake">1997 Qayen earthquake</a>, took place on 10 May 1997 and left 1,567 dead, 2,300 injured, and 50,000 homeless. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_divisions">Modern divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khorasan_province&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Modern divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Khorasan was the largest province of Iran until it was divided into three separate provinces in September 2004:<sup id="cite_ref-auto_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/North_Khorasan" class="mw-redirect" title="North Khorasan">North Khorasan</a></i>, center: <a href="/wiki/Bojnourd" class="mw-redirect" title="Bojnourd">Bojnourd</a>, other counties: <a href="/wiki/Shirvan_County" title="Shirvan County">Shirvan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Esfarayen_County" title="Esfarayen County">Esfarayen</a>, Garmeh and Jajarm, and <a href="/wiki/Maneh_and_Samalqan_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Maneh and Samalqan County">Maneh and Samalgan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Khorasan" class="mw-redirect" title="South Khorasan">South Khorasan</a></i>, center: <a href="/wiki/Birjand" title="Birjand">Birjand</a>, other counties: <a href="/wiki/Ferdows_County" title="Ferdows County">Ferdows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qaen_County" title="Qaen County">Qaen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nehbandan_County" title="Nehbandan County">Nehbandan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarayan_County" title="Sarayan County">Sarayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarbisheh_County" title="Sarbisheh County">Sarbisheh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darmian_County" title="Darmian County">Darmian</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Razavi_Khorasan" class="mw-redirect" title="Razavi Khorasan">Razavi Khorasan</a></i>, center: <a href="/wiki/Mashhad" title="Mashhad">Mashhad</a>, other counties: <a href="/wiki/Sabzevar_County" title="Sabzevar County">Sabzevar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nishapur_County" title="Nishapur County">Neyshabour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torbat-e-Heydarieh_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Torbat-e-Heydarieh County">Torbat-e-Heydariyeh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quchan_County" title="Quchan County">Quchan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torbat-e_Jam_County" title="Torbat-e Jam County">Torbat-e Jam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kashmar_County" title="Kashmar County">Kashmar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taybad_County" title="Taybad County">Taybad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gonabad_County" title="Gonabad County">Gonabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dargaz_County" title="Dargaz County">Dargaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarakhs_County" title="Sarakhs County">Sarakhs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chenaran_County" title="Chenaran County">Chenaran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fariman_County" title="Fariman County">Fariman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khaf_County" title="Khaf County">Khaf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roshtkhar_County" title="Roshtkhar County">Roshtkhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bardaskan_County" title="Bardaskan County">Bardaskan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalat_County" title="Kalat County">Kalat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khalilabad_County" title="Khalilabad County">Khalilabad</a>.</li></ul> <p>Some parts of the province were added to </p> <ul><li>some southern parts to <a href="/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Sistan and Baluchestan Province">Sistan and Baluchestan Province</a></li> <li>some western parts to <a href="/wiki/Yazd_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yazd Province">Yazd Province</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khorasan_province&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The major ethnic groups in the region are <a href="/wiki/Persian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian people">Persians</a> with <a href="/wiki/Khorasani_Kurds" title="Khorasani Kurds">Khorasani Kurds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khorasani_Turks" title="Khorasani Turks">Khorasani Turks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkmen_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkmen people">Turkmen</a> as the minorities. Smaller minorities are <a href="/wiki/Baloch_people" title="Baloch people">Baloch</a>(<a href="/wiki/Khorasani_Baloch" title="Khorasani Baloch">Khorasani Baloch</a>), Jews, Mongols, and Roma.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the people in the region natively speak closely related modern day dialects of <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>. The region is home to a significant Sunni Muslim minority. The largest cluster of settlements and cultivation stretches around the city of Mashhad northwestward, containing the important towns of Quchan, Shirvan, and Bojnurd. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khorasan_province&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran" title="Provinces of Iran">Provinces of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transoxiana" title="Transoxiana">Transoxiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khwarezm" class="mw-redirect" title="Khwarezm">Khwarezm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afsharid_dynasty" title="Afsharid dynasty">Afsharid dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Multan_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Delhi Multan Road">Delhi Multan Road</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mashhad" title="Mashhad">Mashhad</a> capital of Khorasan province of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, providing access to capital city <a href="/wiki/Ashgabat" title="Ashgabat">Ashgabat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khorasan_province&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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