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Khorasan| Province in northeast Iran, bordering on Turkmenistan and Afghanistan; area 313,500 sq km/121,042 sq mi; population (1991) 6,013,200. The capital is Mashhad. Khorasan is Iran's largest province. The chief products are grain, tobacco, cotton, fruits, and wool. There are turquoise mines at Neyshabur. |
| In the early Middle Ages the name Khorasan was applied to all the Muslim provinces east of the Great Persian Desert, and all of northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and northern Afghanistan. In medieval times it was divided into four quarters, the main towns of which were Neyshabur, Marv, Herat, and Balkh. |
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| Mohammad Mehdi Morravajul Sharia, deputy governor of Iran's Khurasan province, said it was the third joint exhibition to be held during the past four years. IranEoe1/4aos Arabic newspapers Wifaq, Kihan, Asr Al Youm, Iran Al Arabi, news agencies such as WARNA, Mihr, Faris, Isna, Al Amal, as well as English dailies in Tehran Iran Daily, Press, Tehran Times, besides Persian dailies Khurasan, Hayat, Iran, Eatmad, Eatimad Mali, Aftab, Iran Diplomacy, Quds, Jumhori Islamic, Hamshahri highlighted the importance of the visit and describing it as historic and important. He said that Khurasan Province would launch joint venture in Punjab in agriculture, irrigation, pharmaceutical and tourism sectors. |
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