Khorasan
Proper noun
Meaning
(historical) The Sassanian and post-Islamic Persian name for the region of Parthia located in north east of Persia (Iran), sometimes covering also parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan; the Greater Khorasan.
A pre-2004 province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces.
(proscribed) Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”).
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According to AEI, the earliest record of his activities in the IRGC dates back to December 1982, when Qaani became a part of the IRGC division in Khorasan province, which was later referred to as the Fifth Nasr Division.
Among the languages of the people of Khorasan and the east, the language of the people of Balkh is predominant.”
During the reign (892–907) of Saman Khuda's great-grandson, Ismail I (known as Ismail Samani ), Samanids expanded in Khorasan.
For example, in the 9th century, a deeply venerated cypress tree in Khorasan (which Parthian-era legend supposed had been planted by Zoroaster himself) was felled for the construction of a palace in Baghdad, convert away.
Aaron Zelin, who tracks extremist groups at the Washington Institute, said in an email interview that there was "no difference at all" between Nusra and Khorasan.
The attack was carried out by Basij infantry and the Revolutionary Guard's 31st Ashura and the Army's 77th Khorasan armored divisions.