Tūrān

region, Iran

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inclusion in Sāsānian Iran

  • Achaemenian dynasty
    In ancient Iran: Rise of Ardashīr I

    …sovereigns, including the rulers of Tūrān (Quzdar, south of modern Quetta) and of Mokrān (Makran), whose surrender was received by Ardashīr. These military and political successes were further extended by Ardashīr when he took possession of the palace at Ctesiphon and assumed the title “king of kings of the Iranians”…

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