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Word: khorasan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Advices to the Pioneer of Allahabad, India, stated that more than 1,000 persons were killed by seismic shocks in the little Persian town of Turbat-i-Haidari in the province of Khorasan which forms part of the great Iranian Desert plateau. The sheets lasted several hours and it is feared that many villages adjacent to Turbat-i-Haidari were devastated with a consequent further loss of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSIA: Disaster | 6/11/1923 | See Source »

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