Khurasan

From Jatland Wiki
Names of territories during the Caliphate, Khorasan was part of Persia (in yellow).

Khurasan (खुरासान)[1] [2] Khurasani (खुरासानी)[3] is gotra of Jats.

Origin

Khurasani gotra is said to be originated from ancestral person who came from place Khorasan (खुरासान). [4] Khorasan is a place in Afghanistan and Iran.

History

Khorasan (Persian:خراسان بزرگ) (also written Khorasaan, Khurasan and Khurasaan) is a modern term for eastern territories of ancient Persia since the 3rd century A.D.. Khorasan is a Pahlavi word which means "the land of sunrise". Greater Khorasan included territories that presently are part of Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Distribution

External links

See also

References


Back to Jat Gotras