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Turan (other)
Turan is an ethnic and geographic term referring to certain areas and peoples of Central Asia. Turan may also refer to: Places * Turan (Baluchistan), a medieval region in Pakistan * Turan (satrapy), a satrapy of the Sassanid Empire * Turan, a town in the Drenovë Municipality of southeastern Albania * Turan, Azerbaijan, a village in Shaki Rayon * Turan, Iran (other), places in Iran * Tur'an, a local council in the North District of Israel * Turan, Russia, several inhabited localities in Russia * Turan Range, a mountain range in Russia * Turan Depression, a desert basin along the Caspian Sea stretching from southern Turkmenistan through Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan * Turan, alternative name of Fort Terán, a former settlement in Texas, United States People * Turan (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Turan, alternative name of Toran (Pashtun tribe), a tribe in Afghanistan Arts and entertainment * Turan ensemble, a Kazakh folk music band * Turan (Conan), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turan
Turan ( ae, Tūiriiānəm, pal, Tūrān; fa, توران, Turân, , "The Land of Tur") is a historical region in Central Asia. The term is of Iranian origin and may refer to a particular prehistoric human settlement, a historic geographical region, or a culture. The original Turanians were an Iranian tribe of the Avestan age. Overview In ancient Iranian mythology, Tūr or Turaj (''Tuzh'' in Middle Persian) is the son of the emperor Fereydun. According to the account in the ''Shahnameh'', the nomadic tribes who inhabited these lands were ruled by Tūr. In that sense, the Turanians could be members of two Iranian peoples both descending from Fereydun, but with different geographical domains and often at war with each other. Turan, therefore, comprised five areas: the Kopet Dag region, the Atrek valley, parts of Bactria, Sogdia and Margiana. A later association of the original Turanians with Turkic peoples is based primarily on the subsequent Turkification of Central Asia, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
