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Makurān

a Pleiades place resource

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A region on the north coast of the Gulf of Oman, straddling the modern Iran/Pakistan border and corresponding to modern Makran. It was an ancient province of the Sasanian Empire.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/477748559

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
25.5429846233, 63.5938946963

Locations:

None

Names:

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Makurān makes connections with:

Makurān part of (administrative) Sasanian Empire (AD 224 - AD 651)

Makurān receives connections from:

Ichthyophagoi located in Makurān (unspecified date range)
Maka/Maketa located in Makurān (unspecified date range)

Place type:
province

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See Also:

EncIran (online) ĒRĀN, ĒRĀNŠAHR (D.N. MacKenzie)

Related:

Wikidata Makran (Q695111)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Makurān: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/477748559> [accessed: 14 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/477748559 |title=Places: 477748559 (Makurān) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=May 14, 2026 9:49 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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