AtlasIranKhorasanOne word pinned hereKhorasan35.7725°N 58.7852°E · Q587090One English word in this atlas traces back to Khorasan. It sits in Iran.ShareAll of Iran Pinned hereKhorasan wheatnoun · 20th centuryWell attestedThe seed was sold as King Tut's wheat; it is named for a region in Iran.Khorasan was the historic territory spanning northeastern Iran and neighboring Central Asia, and the crop's name points there rather than to Egypt. The tale that the modern grain grew from seeds taken out of a pharaoh's tomb is folklore attached to the 1990 Kamut trademark.Named through a historical place-nameRead →Nearest pinskarakulQorako'l, Uzbekistan609 kmafghanAfghanistan, Afghanistan730 kmpeachPersepolis, Iran851 kmShirazShiraz, Iran901 km