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Turan (Urdu: توران), the medieval Islamic name for the district around Khuzdar, south of modern Quetta, in the east-central part of what is now Baluchistan, the territory in British Indian times of the Khanate of Kalat.^[1]

Tabari, Istakhri and Ibn Hawqal mentioned Turan in their history books.^[2]

References

^ Minorsky, V. (2000). "Turan". In Encyclopedia of Islam , 2nd edition, volume 10, pp. 672-673. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-11211-1
^ C. E. Bosworth (11 February 2011). "ṬURĀN". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

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