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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 Balochistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
- The northeastern area of Iran, until 2004 comprising Khorasan Province, subsequently divided into:
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)
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