For other areas named Kohistan, see Kohistan (disambiguation).
Quhistan (Persian: قهستان) or Kohistan (کهستان, "mountainous land") was a region of medieval Persia, essentially the southern part of Khurasan. Its boundaries appear to have been south of Khorasan to north, Yazd to West, Sistan to South, Afghanistan to East. Quhistan was a province in old days with a rich history in Persian literature, art and science. Notable historical towns include Tun (modern-day Ferdows), Qa'in, Gunabad, Tabas, Birjand, Turshez (modern-day Kashmar), Khwaf, Taybad, and Zawah (modern-day Torbat-e Heydarieh).
It is home to famous castles. Safron, berberies (Zereshk) and jujube (Annab) are among the famous agricultural products that are exclusively produced in Ghohestan. Hakim Nezari Ghohestani,[1] Sima Bina[2][circular reference] and Professor Reza Ghohestani[3] are among famous people who are originally from Ghohestan.
Dagestan in the North Caucasus was previously and originally named "Quhistan", which has the same meaning as Dagestan: dağ and kuh are the Turkic and Persian words for "mountain", respectively. -istan is Persian suffix meaning "land [of]".
^"متن انتقادى ديوان حكيم نزاري قهستاني : براساس ده نسخه، نه نسخۀ خطي معتبر كهن سال : و متن ماشن شدۀ رسالۀ دكترى دكتر سيد علي رضا مجتهدزاده / Matn-i intiqādī-i dīvān-i Ḥakīm Nizārī Quhistānī : bar asās-i dah nuskhah, nuh nuskhah-i khaṭṭī-i muʻtabar-i kuhan sāl : va matn-i māshīn shudah-i risālah-i dukturá-i Duktur Sayyid ʻAlī Riz̤ā Mujtahidzādah". WorldCat.
Quhistan (Persian: قهستان) or Kohistan (کهستان, "mountainous land") was a region of medieval Persia, essentially the southern part of Khurasan. Its boundaries...
region—the Ilkhanate. Hülegü's campaign began with attacks on strongholds in Quhistan and Qumis amidst intensified internal dissensions among Nizari leaders...
risen to 768,898 in 223,984 households. This new province, is but the old Quhistan which was included into greater Khorasan in the Iranian administrative...
the northern and eastern regions, particularly in Daylam, Khurasan and Quhistan. The Ismailis and other occupied peoples of Persia held shared resentment...
Province, South Khorasan Province, and sometimes eastern Semnan Province Quhistan - southern Khorasan; Persian Gulf Iran (Persian Gulf region of Iran, Southern...
Daylaman (particularly, in Alamut and Rudbar; north of modern-day Qazvin) and Quhistan (south of Khurasan), as well as in Qumis. Most of the Syrian Ismaili castles...
the northern and eastern regions, particularly in Daylaman, Khorasan and Quhistan. The Ismailis and other occupied peoples of Iran held shared resentment...
Ahmad Sanjar, then ruler of Khorasan, to attack Assassin strongholds in Quhistan. The siege at Tabas was at first successful, with the walls of the fortress...
кӯҳистон, lit. 'mountainous land'), also transliterated Kuhistan, Kuhiston, Quhistan, may refer to: Kohistan District, Kapisa, Kapisa Province Kohistan Hesa...
Great Desert. In this larger sense, it included Transoxiana, Sijistan and Quhistan. Its Central Asian boundary was the Chinese desert and the Pamirs, while...
also known as Turaythith (طریثیث), is a medieval district and city of the Quhistan region. It corresponds to the Kashmar area, located in the present-day...
successfully drove them from a number of their strongholds, including Quhistan and Tabas. However, an anecdote indicates that en route to their chief...
managed to extend their influence beyond Sistan, such as when parts of Quhistan were conquered in the late 13th century. The Mihrabanids were often vassals...
Tabasayn (lit. 'the two Tabas') was a district in Quhistan in the medieval period. The name, although referring to both cities, was often applied by geographers...
inherited most of the Kart lands, except for Sarakhs and a portion of Quhistan, which Ghiyas-uddin's stepbrother Malik Muhammad ibn Mu'izz-uddin gained...
Iraq and dispatching expeditionary forces against Tukharistan, Balkh and Quhistan. Although the mass resettlement improved Iraq's economic and political...
Kerman and Fars also; and from ʿAla al-Din of Alamut, his governors in Quhistan, Shihab al-Din and Shams al-Din. And all this great assembly came with...
Ismailis of Persia and Syria Stalemate Nizaris consolidate a state in Daylam, Quhistan, and Jabal Bahra', then controls other scattered areas in Alborz mountains...
insurrection against the Arabs. The rebellion spread in Herat, Badghis and Quhistan, and later they even managed to repel the Arabs from Nishapur and Balkh...
(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 755–756. W. Barthold (1984). "Quhistan, Kirman, and Makran". An Historical Geography of Iran. Translated by Svat...
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