Miran Goslar
Miran may refer to: Places *Miran (Xinjiang), an ancient oasis town in Ruoqiang County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, southeastern Xinjiang, western China *Miran fort, a ruined defensive structure built by the Tibetan Empire, located in Ruoqiang County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, southeastern Xinjiang, western China *Miran International Hotel, Tashkent, Uzbekistan *Miran, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *Miran, Afghanistan, a town in Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan *Miran, Markazi, Iran *Miran, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran *Miran, Haryana, India, see List of villages in Bhiwani district#Tosham tehsil People *Miran (tribe), a Kurdish tribe Given name *Miran Shah (1366–1408), governor in the turkish-mongolian Timurid Empire. *Miran Karagheusian (1874–1948), Armenian carpet businessman, co-founder of A & M Karagheusian *Miran Jarc (1900–1942), Slovene writer *Miran Bakhsh (1907–1991), Pakistani cricketer *Miran Ogrin (1914–1985), Slovene journalis ...
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Miran (Xinjiang)
Miran () is an ancient oasis town located on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, Northwest China. Located where the Lop Nur desert meets the Altun Shan mountains, Miran was once a stop on the famous trade route known as the Silk Road. Two thousand years ago a river flowed down from the mountain and Miran had a sophisticated irrigation system. Now the area is a sparsely inhabited, dusty region with poor roads and minimal transportation. Archaeological excavations since the early 20th century have uncovered an extensive Buddhist monastic site that existed between the 2nd to 5th centuries AD, as well as the Miran fort, a Tibetan settlement during the 8th and 9th centuries AD. Names Lionel Giles has recorded the following names for Miran (with his Wade-Giles forms of the Chinese names converted to pinyin): :"''Yuni'', old capital of Loulan ormer Han:"Old Eastern Town" ; "Little Shanshan" ater Han:Qitun Cheng ; Tun Cheng ang:Mirān odern name During the peri ...
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