Turan (Baluchistan)

Turan (Urdu: توران‎), the medieval Islamic name for the district around Khuzdar, south of modern Quetta, in the east-central part of what is now Baluchistan, the territory in British Indian times of the Khanate of Kalat.[1]

Tabari, Istakhri and Ibn Hawqal mentioned Turan in their history books.[2]

References
  1. Minorsky, V. (2000). "Turan". In Encyclopedia of Islam , 2nd edition, volume 10, pp. 672-673. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-11211-1
  2. C. E. Bosworth (February 11, 2011). "ṬURĀN". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved November 14, 2012.


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