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	Iransaga - Mashhad, Khorassan Province
		Khorassan is the easternmost province of northern Iran and its name means, "Where the Sun rises".
		Most of Khorassan province is mountainous; however, there are many fertile valleys and the province produces large quantities of fruit, nuts, sugar beet and cotton.
		Khorassan is the largest Iranian province and has a surface area of some 300,000 square kilometres (115,830 square miles), but over half its population is centred around Mashhad and Neishabur.
	www.art-arena.com /mashhad.htm (466 words)

	Geography and History, Khorassan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The province of Khorassan, located in the northeast of Iran is the largest province of the country; covering one-fifth of the area that is 303.000 sq.
		Khorassan of which approximately 56.6% resided in urban areas and 43.3% in rural sectors, the remaining were non-residents.
		Khorassan was conquered by Kharazm Shahian and because of simultaneous attacks by the Mongols, Khorassan was annexed to the territories of the Mongol Ilkhanan.
	www.irancaravan.com /RPR.htm (690 words)

	Adibian Travel & Tours LTD. (About Khorasan)
		Some believe that the name of Khorassan, attributed to a vast part of the eastern areas of Iran since the 5th century, is a combination of "Khor" (sun) and "assan" (rose).
		Owing to the invasion of neighbors and domestic political crises, the boundaries of Khorassan have changed in the course of history.
		On the basis of the latest divisions in the country (1993), Khorassan consists of 22 cities, 51 towns, 69 districts, 213 villages and 20,501 hamlets.
	www.adibiantours.com /about_khorasan.htm (186 words)

	Khorasan
		Khorassan province, located at northeast of Iran, covering an area of 313000 square kms, is the largest province of country.
		Khorassan was a known name in last centuries, encompassed a wide cultural realm of which a great part presently exists in countries of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
		One of the holy cities of Iran, lying in the valley of Kashaf Rud and thus flanked by the two mountain ranges of Kuh-e-Binalud and Hezar-Masjid, is an offshoot of the ancient city of Tus.
	www.mohajeri.com /khorasan.htm (447 words)

	Sogol Tehran Iran tour operator & travel Agency -Tribes and nomad in Iran- Persia
		The second group moved towards Marv or the borders of Khorassan, so as to quench the differences of the Ozbaks in that vicinity, whereas the third group settled in Astar Abad, so as to confront the Turkaman attacks.
		During the Safavid era, groups from the Afshar tribe were decamped from khorassan to Azarbayjan, and yet another group to Kohkiluyeh and Khuzestan.
		During the reign of Nasereddin Shah, the Hezareh tribe were decamped to Khorassan, but due to unrest and turmoil, were compelled to scatter in smaller groups.
	www.sogol.com /WHP/IINT/IRTRIBE.htm (2629 words)

	Detail Page
		Located in north-eastern Iran, Mashad is the capital of Khorassan province and an important center of the carpet weaving industry.
		The province of Khorassan is the biggest in Iran, stretching across the north-east of the country.
		Fortunately Khorassan was able to restart the rug industry, as the Royal court of Iran did much to help.
	www.rugman.com /AreaRugs/PRT-1101020331.html (323 words)

	Khorasan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The provincial capital of Khorassan, Iran’s largest province, is itself the nation’s second largest city.
		Khorassan, one of Iran’s most important provinces both geographically and historically, once included parts of Afghanistan, Tadjikestan, Turkomanistan and Uzbakistan under the entity of the Greater Khorassan.
		Imam Reza, the eight Shi’ite Imam, died in 818 A.D. in the small village of Sanabad in Khorassan, and was buried next to Abbasid Caliph, Harun-al-Rashid.
	www.irandoostan.com /Pictures/gallery/proviences/Khorasan/index.asp (443 words)

	About Khorassan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Khorassan province is situated in northeast part of Iran.
		It has common border with Turkmenistan in the north, Afghanistan in the east, Sistan and Balouchestan province in the south and Semnan, Yazd and Isfahan in the west.
		In khorassan totally there are 42 kinds of farming products and 38 kinds of horticultural ones.The province has achieved the following ranks in producing 20 products.
	www.mashadfair.com /abautkhorasan.htm (275 words)

	Richard E. Wright Research Reports: On Books
		While in part a trip report, the book also is an exposition of Persian life in the tradition of the great 17th century Persia descriptions by French authors, also travel based and also encyclopedic.
		Other details, such as a striped (shawl pattern) design in Khorassan, may be of interest, for they are d'Allemagne's contributions and he visited these places.
		Mary Ripley's book resides in a relative obscurity it does not deserve, it is blowsy in style, and lengthy, with chapters on such ancillary matters as legends, symbols, and calligraphy.
	www.richardewright.com /8609_books.html (1298 words)

	TurkoTek Discussion Forums - A Well-Designed Salon, Worth Taking On
		From the house of Timour, it passed to the Suffavees of Perisia, from whom it was taken by the Dooraunees [Pashtoons of Afghanistan] in 1715.
		The (Iranian) province of Khorassan, located in the northeast of Iran is the largest province of the country; covering one-fifth of the area that is 303.000 sq.
		Khorassan was divided into four parts during the Islamic period and each section was named after the four large cities, such as Nayshabur, Marve, Harat and Balkh.
	www.turkotek.com /salon_00098/s98t2.htm (8801 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » UNHCR in Iran prepared for influx of Afghan refugees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The governor's office in the border province Khorassan said Sunday that Iran is to establish buffer zones to aid Afghan refugees in the aftermath of a possible American attack against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
		Hossein Zare-Sefat, the security chief of the northeastern Khorassan province, told state television that although the Iranian borders with Afghanistan will be closed in order to prevent another influx of Afghan refugees, buffer zones will nevertheless be established at relevant border points with cooperation of the UNHCR.
		The UNHCR in Mashad, capital of Khorassan province which has the longest border with Afghanistan, could not definitely confirm the buffer zones but said that such a plan - like many other plans - is under consideration.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/b3db3f37f63039ac85256ac9006c9974 (608 words)

	iran-lifestyles-semnan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It borders the Golestan and Mazandaran provinces to the north, Khorassan Province to the east, Isfahan province to the south and Tehran and Qom provinces to the west.
		In his description of the big commercial highway from Rey to Khorassan in Albaladan, Ibne Vazeh Yaqoobi says: "There are 12 stopovers or caravansaries (inns) in the highway that leads Rey to Qoomes.
		Qoomes is a large and prosperous town and its city is called Damghan which is one of the cities of Khorassan.
	www3.estart.com /iran/lifestyles/semnan.html (1552 words)

	Jozan: Khorassan carpets for sale - Rug Base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The colours are unusual as well with a smattering of green in the border as well as a clear lemon yellow in addtiion to the classic Khorassan orange/red as well as a very vibrant indigo blue.
		A number of weavings, executed in the Khorassan ('Belouch') style containing characteristics of the Qainate Arabs and the Timuris of Khaf suggest that this exodus was not total.
		This particular rug is an example of the vestigial remains of Khorassan Afshar clans.
	www.jozan.net /rugbase/Khorassan-carpets.asp (842 words)

	Afshar(?) Rug, NE Persia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		But with the knot being asymmetric, open right, and a field pattern that is not unknown in the weaving repertoire of the Afshars, I believe it is safe to say it is representative of a rare group of Khorassan based Turkic weavers who, at the very least, once considered themselves Afshar.
		I know there are purists out there who believe EVERY weaving from Khorassan with this structure to be Arab Baluch, but I dispute this.
		The border is drawn in such a manner as to suggest the leaves radiating outwards from the white flowers as large "S" forms, an unusally archaic feature.
	www.tcoletribalrugs.com /resources/rugshtml/31Afshar.html (291 words)

	Pile Rugs of The Baluch and Their Neighbors, Part I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In response to the expansion of the Seljuks the Baluch began to evade and retreat to the southeast at the end of the 10th century.
		All of this was a slow development over a long span of time because Baluch have tended to hold on to their traditions in spite of constant and sometimes aggressive foreign influences from their neighbors, who have outnumbered them by far, and who have been very conscious of their own traditions.
		Up to today many groups of Khorassan Baluch have preserved not only their own language and own family structure but also some other customs, for example, the form of their tents.
	www.rugreview.com /abala.htm (3057 words)

	Quake jolts towns in Khorassan and Kerman provinces of Iran
		Quake jolts towns in Khorassan and Kerman provinces of Iran
		An earthquake measuring 3.1 degrees on the Richter scale jolted the city of Qoochan in the northeastern province of Khorassan on Tuesday morning, IRNA reported from Mashhad.
		The provincial seismological base affiliated to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University registered the epicenter of the tremor 130 km north of the provincial capital city of Mashhad.
	www.payvand.com /news/04/may/1120.html (160 words)

	COMPANY PROFICE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The historical and the famous province of Khorassan is the country's largest province with an area of 314000 sq.
		As the country's largest province, khorassan today is one of the major economic and social centers of Iran.
		Its economy is particularly flourishing because of the importance of the holy shrine of imam reza (peace be upon him), the eighth imam of the Shiite sect, which attracts lots of pilgrims to the center of these provinces.
	www.atitravel.com /welcome.htm (2031 words)

	Parade History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The setting for his writing was Khorassan, a province of ancient Persia and his main character was an eighth-century “war mongering trickster”.
		Little did Moore know that his Veiled Prophet of Khorassan would become the foundation for a St. Louis tradition that would last for more than 127 years.
		He believed the citizens of St. Louis were very much like his people of Khorassan; content, with their days filled with hard work.
	www.vpparade.org /vphistory.htm (1096 words)

	Ati-Iran Access Web Directories
		The word Khorassan means where the sun rise, i.e., the east.
		According to the latest population census, Khorassan has a population of over five million people who are generally Muslim and Persian speaking.
		Except Mashad, Khorassan has 16 other small towns and large cities, road, rail and air way links connect Khorassan to Tehran and other cities of the country, the Asian express way crosses Afghanistan and Mashad before reaching Turkey.
	www.iranaccess.com /ati/activity.html (629 words)

	Khorassan turns out 130,000 tons of steel - Metals News - Metals Place (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Khorassan Steel Complex produced 130,000 tons of steel in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2004), Iran's State News Agency (IRNA) reported.
		The complex's steel production shows an 80 percent boost compared to the figure for the same period last year.
		Khorassan Steel Complex, located 5 kilometers west of Neishabour, is the biggest steel production unit in the east.
	metalsplace.com /metalsnews?a=491 (94 words)

	WTAP \| Overtime Over for Some Workers?
		Jacqueline Khorassan said, "It may raise the unemployment rate among blue-collar workers, and it may actually lower the unemployment rate among white-collar workers."
		The mid-Ohio Valley economy is largely built on lower-wage, or blue-collar workers, but Khorassan doesn't believe it will be adversely affected by the proposed changes.
		Khorassan: In the short run, definitely, the white-collar salaried workers will be adversely affected.
	www.wtap.com /news/headlines/450062.html (187 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Khorassan [Region of the Sun].
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Khorassan [Region of the Sun].
		Mokanna, a prophet chief, who, being terribly deformed, wore a veil under pretence of shading the dazzling light of his countenance.
		“Terror seized her lest the love-light which encircled him should fade away, and leave him like the veiled prophet of Khorassan, a sinstained thing of clay.”—Lady Hardy: A Casual Acquaintance.
	www.bartleby.com /81/9520.html (95 words)

	مشروح اخبار بولتن ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mashhad, Khorassan prov, Oct 7, IRNA -- Afghanistan's 6-day International Development and Reconstruction exhibition which opened in Mashhad in Oct 1, was wound up on Sunday.
		Rasouli noted that a five-member working group was formed in Khorassan to follow up decisions made in the bilateral talks.
		The official added that Khorassan province could provide further help to Afghanistan due to its geographical position and also its capabilities.
	www.irtp.com /news/2001/text.asp?idnewsID=2489 (246 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.
		The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan was Hakim ben Allah, surnamed the Veiled (Mokanna), founder of an Arabic sect in the eighth century.
		Having lost an eye, and being otherwise disfigured in battle, he wore a veil to conceal his face, but his followers said it was done to screen his dazzling brightness.
	www.bartleby.com /81/17089.html (150 words)

	مشروح اخبار بولتن ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Speaking at the meeting, the governor-general of Khorassan province, Hassan Rasouli, noted that there were ample potentials in the two provinces for increased cooperation.
		Establishment of railroads in different areas of Khorassan province, construction of a cement factory in Torbat-e Heydarieh, harnessing of wind energy in Neishabour as well as bilateral cooperation in the textile and hotel construction fields were among the areas covered in the agreement.
		The two sides also agreed to cooperate in the area of raising thoroughbred horses in Khorassan for export to European states.
	www.irtp.com /news/2004/text.asp?idnewsID=3823 (188 words)

	Adibian Travel & Tours LTD. (About Us)
		At the beginning of his activity he shared of Mohajeri Travel Agency, the first founded travel agency of Khorassan, and as the directing general of this Company and the pioneer in the tourism industry in Khorassan he won a reputation in tourism business.
		Apart from his invaluable contribution to tourism industry, he is also the adviser to the president of the Iran Touring and Tourist organization of Khorassan.
		Adibian is also proud to be selected as the inclusive inbound tour operator of the well-known Iranian tourism companies who are inclusively involved in incoming tours from European countries as well as the US, Australia, Japan and all other countries in the world.
	www.adibiantours.com /about_us.htm (723 words)

	Illustrations of the works of Thomas Moore
		Zelica with attendants ("The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan")
		Azim at Zelica's tomb ("The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan")
		Azim and Zelica ("The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan")
	people.bu.edu /jwvail/moore_illustrations.html (103 words)

	NCRI Statement 03/01/99 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		According to a confidential report by the Ministry of the Interior, rigging was most widespread in Tehran as the Ministry received thousands of complaints.
		In the northeastern Khorassan province, in a number of the villages near the provincial capital, Mashhad, the vote tally exceeded the population of the villages.
		In the city of Jajarm, in Khorassan province, where residents completely boycotted the election farce, the election supervisory board fears presenting its report, because they had been arrested in the days before the election by the State Security Force.
	www.iran-e-azad.org /english/ncr/990301.html (402 words)

	MASHHAD: IRAN's Holiest City - Khorasan, Iran's largest Province
		It was in the 19th century, during the reign of the Qajars, that the frontiers as we know them today, were established.
		The historical and famous province of Khorassan is the country's largest province with an area of 314,000 square kilometers.
		The climate in different areas varies from hot and dry to cold highland weather; or to mild and temperate, but generally with little rain and humidity. The most well known rivers of Khorassan are Atrak, Kashaf Roud and Ghara Sou.
	www.farsinet.com /mashhad/khorasan.html (1063 words)

	Iran Focus-Three hanged in north-east Iran - Human Rights - News
		The three, dubbed “trouble-makers”, were charged with threatening national security, the hard-line daily Khorassan wrote.
		The charge “acting against national security” is a vague term which encompasses virtually all forms of social protests or actions against the ruling clerical authorities.
		In January, Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) arrested hundreds of individuals in the province of Khorassan Razavi as part of a crackdown of “trouble-makers”.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=5669 (232 words)

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