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Mainly Razavi Khorasan, but also South Khorasan, and North Khorasan | |
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The Sistani of Khorasan are a group of Sistani people who settled in Khorasan. This group migrated from Sistan to Khorasan. [1] [2]
The Sistani of Khorasan speak a Sistani dialect of Persian. [3]
Like other Sistani people, the Sistani of Khorasan are Shia Islam. [4]
The Muslim conquests of Afghanistan began during the Muslim conquest of Persia as the Arab Muslims expanded eastwards to Khorasan, Sistan and Transoxiana. Fifteen years after the battle of Nahāvand in 642 AD, they controlled all Sasanian domains except in Afghanistan. Fuller Islamization was not achieved until the period between 10th and 12th centuries under Ghaznavid and Ghurid dynasties who patronized Muslim religious institutions.
Zabol is a city in the Central District of Zabol County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Zabol is near the border with Afghanistan.
Khorasan, also called Traxiane during Hellenistic and Parthian times, was a province in northeastern Iran until September 2004, when it was divided into three new provinces: North Khorasan, South Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan.
Golestan province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the northeast of the country and southeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Gorgan, formerly called Esterabad until 1937. Golestan was split off from Mazandaran Province in 1997.
Sistan and Baluchestan province is the second largest of the 31 Provinces of Iran, after Kerman Province, with an area of 180,726 km2. Its capital is the city of Zahedan. The province is in the southeast of the country, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Saffarid dynasty was a Persianate dynasty of eastern Iranian origin that ruled over parts of Persia, Greater Khorasan, and eastern Makran from 861 to 1002. One of the first indigenous Persian dynasties to emerge after the Islamic conquest, the Saffarid dynasty was part of the Iranian Intermezzo. The dynasty's founder was Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar, who was born in 840 in a small town called Karnin (Qarnin), which was located east of Zaranj and west of Bost, in what is now Afghanistan. A native of Sistan and a local ayyār, Ya'qub worked as a coppersmith (ṣaffār) before becoming a warlord. He seized control of the Sistan region and began conquering most of Iran and Afghanistan, as well as parts of Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
South Khorasan province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the eastern part of the country. Its capital is the city of Birjand. In 2014, the province was placed in Region 5. This province is bordered to the north by Razavi Khorasan Province, to the northwest by Semnan Province, to the west by Isfahan and Yazd Provinces, to the south by Kerman Province, to the southeast by Sistan and Baluchestan Province, and to the east by Afghanistan. The area of this province is 151,913 square kilometers, making it the third largest province in Iran after Kerman and Sistan and Baluchestan. According to the 2016 census, its population is 768,898, ranking it as the 28th province in the country in terms of population. This province is the third largest province in Iran.
Greater Khorasan is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plateau in West and Central Asia that encompasses western and northern Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, the eastern halves of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, western Tajikistan, and portions of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
Sistani may refer to:
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Julugh Farrukhi Sistani, better known as Farrukhi Sistani was one of the most prominent Persian court poets in the history of Persian literature. Initially serving a dehqan in Sistan and the Muhtajids in Chaghaniyan, Farrukhi entered the service of the Ghaznavids in 1017, where he became the panegyrist of its rulers, Mahmud and Mas'ud I, as well as numerous viziers and princes.
Chabahar County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the port city of Chabahar on the coast of the Gulf of Oman.
The Karai, Qarai, or Qara ("Black") Tartars are a Turkic tribe found in Khorasan, Azerbaijan, Kerman, and Fars.
The Sistani Persians are a branch of the Persian people who mainly live in Iranian Sistan in southeastern Iran.
The majority of the population of Iran consists of Iranian peoples. The largest groups in this category include Persians, mostly referred to as Fars and Kurds, with other communities including Semnanis, Khorasani Kurds, Larestanis, Khorasani Balochs, Gilakis, Laks, Mazandaranis, Lurs, Tats, Talysh and Baloch.
The Baloch in Iran(Balochi: ایرانءِ بلۏچ) are an ethnic group residing in the southeastern and east regions of Iran.
Boledehi is a term referring to a group of Hakoms who are Khans and Sardars of Baloch tribe in Sarbaz and Chah Bahar, Makran region of Sistan and Baluchistan province of Iran.
Sistani Mahalleh is a village in Anjirabad Rural District, in the Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 902, in 201 families.
Sistani (Persian: سیستانی, also known as Sistuni is a dialect continuum of the Persian language spoken by Sistani people in Iranian Sistan. It is part of the Southwestern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages.
Choub bazi, choob or choobazi, is one of Iranian games and traditions with an ancient history that goes back to ancient Iran. This traditional ritual is also mentioned in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. In Iran, there are two authentic types of stick games. One is the Sistani stick game, which is popular in the eastern half of Iran. The other is the Lori, which is more popular in the southern and western parts of the country.
Sistani clothing is the traditional attire of the people of Sistan. It reflects the region's culture, geography, and centuries of adaptation to the natural environment.
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