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North Khorasan

خراسان شمالی

Capital: Bojnord

A mountain province on the old road between Khorasan and the Caspian, where Kurdish, Turkic and Persian communities meet.

Milad TowerShrine of Fatima MasumehNaqsh-e Jahan SquareFin GardenPersepolisArg-e BamThe Lut desertDowlat Abad GardenTomb of FerdowsiTomb of Omar KhayyamGonbad-e QabusMount DamavandMasulehSheikh Safi al-Din ShrineTabriz BazaarTakht-e SoleymanQara KelisaDome of SoltaniyehAlamut CastleGanjnamehUramanBisotunFalak-ol-AflakChogha ZanbilZard KuhMount DenaSirafHormuz IslandShahr-e SukhtehDasht-e KavirFriday Mosque of HeratMinaret of JamArch of BostBlue MosqueBabur's GardenBamiyan nichesMinarets of GhazniAncient PanjakentRegistanArk of BukharaItchan Kala, KhivaAncient MervNisaMaiden TowerMausoleum of NezamiErbil CitadelBolan PassTaq KasraAkdamar IslandWalls of DiyarbakırGarni TempleNarikalaNaryn-KalaDargavsQal'at al-BahrainKumzar

North Khorasan was created in 2004, when the historic province of Khorasan was divided in three. Its capital, Bojnord, lies in a valley between the Kopet Dagh and Aladagh ranges.

The region is known for its mix of peoples, among them the Kurmanji Kurds settled here by the Safavids to guard the north-eastern frontier, and for the music of its bakhshi bards, recognised by UNESCO.

Cities and towns

  • Bojnordبجنورد

    The provincial capital

  • Shirvanشیروان

    A market town of the Kurmanji Kurds

  • Esfarayenاسفراین

    An old town below the Aladagh

Stories from hereداستان‌ها

A geometric Asiatic cheetah in profile, slender and spotted, with the black tear line from eye to mouth, against a red halo on saffron, above clay dunes.

Central Iranian plateau

The Asiatic cheetah

Once a hunting companion of kings, now the last of its line: the Asiatic cheetah survives in the wild only in Iran, and only a few dozen are thought to remain.

330 BCE – 224 CE

Seleucids and Parthians

After Alexander, Greek kings ruled Iran for a time, until the Parthians, horsemen from the north-east, built an empire that lasted nearly five centuries and held Rome at bay.