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Persian Baluchistan (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 28 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 28.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 063 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 63.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Region in west Asia comprising area today in eastern Iran &and southwest Pakistan; name derives from Baluch tribes originally from Iranian plateau; part of Gedrosia; crossed by Alexander the Great in 325 BCE; part of Greek kingdom Bactria; Arabs overthrew Persians 7th century. |
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| Baluchistan (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Beluchistan (C,V)
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| Beloochistan (C,V)
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| Balūchestān (C,U,O,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
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| Balochistan (C,V,English)
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| Balūchistān (C,U,Persian-Farsi (transliterated))
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| Persian Baluchistan (C,U,English-P)
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| بَلوچِستان (C,U,Persian-Farsi-P)
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