Sanjan
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Sanjan or Sangan may refer to:
Sanjan is also:
- Sanjan (Khorasan)Sanjan (Khorasan)Sanjan is an ancient city on the southern edge of the Kara-kum Desert, in the vicinity of the historically eminent oasis-city of Merv. Topographically, Sanjan is located in the Greater Khorasan region of Central Asia...
, a historic city in present-day Turkmenistan - Sanjan (Gujarat)Sanjan (Gujarat)Sanjan is the second railway station in Gujarat on the Western railways just inside the Gujarat-Maharashtra border...
, a town in Gujarat named by Zoroastrian immigrants after the Sanjan in Khorasan - Sangan (Pakistan)Sangan (Pakistan)Sangan is a town in Sibi District, Balochistan, Pakistan....
, a town in Balochistan province of Pakistan - Sangan, Razavi KhorasanSangan, Razavi KhorasanSangan is a city in and the capital of Sangan District, in Khvaf County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,718, in 1,952 families....
, a city in Razavi Khorasan province of Iran - Sangan DistrictSangan DistrictSangan District is a district in Khvaf County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 19,726, in 4,291 families. The District has one city: Sangan....
, a district in Iran - Samur Sanjan, a village in Iran's Kordestan province
- Sangan, Afghanistan
Sanjan is also:
- Qissa-i SanjanQissa-i SanjanThe Story of Sanjan is an account of the early years of Zoroastrian settlers on the Indian subcontinent...
, an account of the early years of Zoroastrian settlers - the Sanskrit word for 'Creator', and thus the stock epithet of BrahmaBrahmaBrahma is the Hindu god of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. According to the Brahma Purana, he is the father of Mānu, and from Mānu all human beings are descended. In the Ramayana and the...
- the Persian name for XinjiangXinjiangXinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
, China, which is part of historical Khorasan - an area in the Loliondo Game Controlled Area in the eastern SerengetiSerengetiThe Serengeti ecosystem is a geographical region in Africa. It is located in north Tanzania and extends to south-western Kenya between latitudes 1 and 3 S and longitudes 34 and 36 E. It spans some ....
in Tanzania