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Sanjan (other)
Sanjan or Sangan or Zangan ( fa, سنگان, link=no) may refer to: * Sanjan (Khorasan), a historic city in present-day Turkmenistan *Sanjan, Gujarat, a town in Gujarat state, India, named by Zoroastrian immigrants after the Sanjan in Khorasan * Sangan, Pakistan, a town in Balochistan province, Pakistan * Sangan-e Olya, a village in Qazvin province, Iran * Sangan-e Sofla, Qazvin, a village in Qazvin province, Iran * Sangan, Razavi Khorasan, a city in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran * Sangan-e Bala Khvaf, a village in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran *Sangan, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan province, Iran *Sangan, Chabahar, a village in Sistan and Baluchistan province *Sangan, Tehran, a village in Tehran province, Iran *Sengan, West Azerbaijan, a village in West Azerbaijan province, Iran *Zangan, West Azerbaijan, a village in West Azerbaijan province, Iran *Sangan District, a district in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran Sanjan is also: * Qissa-i Sanjan, an account of the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjan (Khorasan)
Sanjan is an ancient city on the southern edge of the Karakum Desert, Kara-kum Desert, in the vicinity of the historically eminent oasis-city of Merv. Topographically, Sanjan is located in the Greater Khorasan region of Central Asia. Politically, Sanjan is in the present-day Mary Province of Turkmenistan. Together with Merv, Sanjan was an important stopping place and center of trade on the southern route of the Silk road. Sanjan gained further importance following the Seleucid Empire, Seleucid establishment of Merv as the principal city of the Margiana province, a status it also held during the subsequent Parthian (250 BCE–226 CE) and Sassanid Empire, Sassanid (226-651 CE) eras. As a site in the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex, Sanjan is subject to the hypothesis that the Indo-Iranians, a major branch that split off from the Proto-Indo-Europeans, originated there. (see also: Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex#The Indo-Iranian hypothesis, BMAC:Indo-Iranian hypothesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |