Gulistan, Golestan or Golastan () means "flower land" in

Persian language Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision ...

(''gol'' meaning "flower", and ''

-stan -stan ( Persian: ستان )(Sanskrit: ''sthān'' or ''sthānam)'' is a Persian suffix that has the meaning of "a place abounding in" or "place where anything abounds" as a suffix. It is widely used by Iranian languages (mainly Persian) and ...

'' meaning "land"). It may refer to:

Places

Iran

"Golestan" most often refers to: * Golestan province in northeast Iran. * Golestan, Tehran Province, a city in Tehran Province

Alborz Province

* Gulistan, Alborz, a village in Alborz Province

Ardabil Province

* Golestan, Ardabil, a village in Nir County * Golestan-e Bala, a village in Khalkhal County * Golestan-e Pain, a village in Khalkhal County

Bushehr Province

Golestan, Bushehr Golestan () is a neighborhood in the city of Anarestan in Riz District of Jam County, Bushehr province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq ...

, a village in Jam County * Golestan, Dashti, a village in Dashti County

East Azerbaijan Province

* Golestan-e Olya, a village in Maragheh County * Golestan-e Sofla, a village in Maragheh County *

Golestan Park Golestan Park is a park in Tabriz, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Casp ...

, a park in Tabriz, Iran

Fars Province

* Golestan, Fars, a village in Shiraz County * Shahrak-e Golestan, a village in Shiraz County

Gilan Province

* Golestan, Gilan, a village in Lahijan County * Golestan Sara, a village in Siahkal County

Golestan Province

Golestan National Park Golestan National Park (), commonly known as the Golestan Jungle (), is an Iranian National Park in Golestan Province, northeastern Iran. Geography The park is located in the eastern Alborz (Elburs) Mountains range and the western edge of the ...

* Golestan, Golestan, a village in Golestan Province

Hormozgan Province

* Golestan, Hormozgan, a village in Hormozgan Province

Isfahan Province

* Golestan-e Mehdi, a village in Ardestan County * Golestan-e Shahid Rejai, a village in Ardestan County * Golastan, Isfahan, a village in Isfahan County * Golestan, Nain, a village in Nain County * Golestan Rural District (Isfahan Province), in Falavarjan County

Kerman Province

* Golestan, Anar, a village in Anar County * Golestan, Arzuiyeh, a village in Arzuiyeh County * Golestan, Kahnuj, a village in Kahnuj County * Golestan, Sirjan, a village in Sirjan County *

Golestan District (Sirjan County) Golestan District () is in Sirjan County, Kerman province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Khvaju Shahr. History After the 2006 National Census, Golestan and Malekabad Rural Districts were separated from the Central District in the form ...

, an administrative division of Sirjan County * Golestan Rural District (Sirjan County), an administrative division of Sirjan County

Khuzestan Province

* Golestan, Masjed Soleyman, a village in Khuzestan Province

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province

* Golestan-e Emamzadeh Jafar, a village in Gachsaran County

Lorestan Province

* Golestan, Lorestan, a village in Lorestan Province * Golestan, alternate name of Golestanak, Lorestan

Mazandaran Province

Golestan Mahalleh Golestan Mahalleh (, also Romanized as Golestān Maḩalleh; also known as Golestān) is a village in Do Hezar Rural District, Khorramabad District, Tonekabon County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of I ...

, a village in Tonekabon County

North Khorasan Province

* Golestan Rural District (North Khorasan Province)

Qom Province

* Golestan, Qom, a village in Qom Province

Razavi Khorasan Province

* Golestan, Firuzeh, a village in Firuzeh County * Golestan, Mahvelat, a village in Mahvelat County

Semnan Province

* Golestan, Semnan, a village in Semnan Province, Iran

South Khorasan Province

* Golestan, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran

Tehran Province

* Golestan, Tehran Province, a suburban city of Tehran *

Golestan Palace The Golestan Palace (, ''Kākh-e Golestān''), also transliterated as the Gulistan Palace and sometimes translated as the Rose Garden Palace from Persian language, was built in the 16th century, renovated in the 18th century and finally rebuilt ...

in Tehran *

Golestan District (Baharestan County) Golestan District () is in Baharestan County, Tehran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Golestan. History After the 2006 National Census, the district (except the city of Nasirshahr) was separated from Robat Karim County in the ...

, an administrative subdivision of Tehran Province

Zanjan Province

* Golestan, Zanjan, a village in Zanjan County * Golestan, Tarom, a village in Tarom County

Armenia and Azerbaijan

* Gulistan, former name of Nor Aznaberd, Armenia *

Gülüstan, Goranboy Gülüstan or Gulistan (; ultimately from Persian language, Persian 'rose garden') is a village in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan. It is a part of the municipality of Buzluq. The village had an Armenian majority prior to the First Nagorno-K ...

, a village in the Shahumian region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan *

Gülüstan, Nakhchivan Gülüstan () is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 5 km in the north-west from the district center, on the right bank of the Aras (river), Aras River. Th ...

, Azerbaijan

Pakistan

Gulistan, Balochistan Gulistan (Pashto and ) is a town and tehsil headquarters of the Qilla Abdullah District in the Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is located from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Gulistan envelopes many tribes like the Ac ...

, located in Qilla Abdullah District, Balochistan * Gulistan, Punjab, village in Punjab *

Gulistan Tehsil Gulistan is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Qilla Abdullah District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into five Union Councils and is headquartered at the town of Gulistan Gulistan, Gole ...

Gulistan-e-Johar Gulistan-e-Jauhar or Gulistan-e-Johar () is a prominent neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. Famous for its vibrant culture, Gulistan-e-Jauhar ("Garden of Jauhar") is named after Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, a promi ...

, a neighbourhood of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, Sindh * Gulistan-e-Bahar, a neighbourhood of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh * Gulistan-e-Hadeed, a neighbourhood of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, Sindh

Tajikistan

* Guliston, Rudaki District, a village near Dushanbe *

Guliston, Sughd Guliston (; , before 2016: ''Qayroqqum'' or ''Kayrakkum'') is a city in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Sughd Region, at the western tip of the Kayrakkum Reservoir. Guliston is a city of regional subordination, and is not part of a dis ...

, a city in Sughd Region * Guliston, Shahriston District, a village in Sughd Region *

Guliston, Vahdat Guliston (, formerly ''Karasu'') is a jamoat in Tajikistan. It is part of the city of Vahdat in Districts of Republican Subordination Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction, also translated as Districts of Republican Subo ...

, a part of the city Vahdat

Other places

* Gulistan District in Farah Province, Afghanistan *

Gulistan, Dhaka Gulistan () is one of the busiest commercial areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A major transportation node, it originated around a now-demolished Pakistan-era cinema hall and is now a hub for commercial activity, particularly consumer goods. The a ...

, in Dhaka, Bangladesh * Gulistan underpass in Dhaka, Bangladesh * Gulistan, Baramulla, in Jammu and Kashmir, India * Gulistan Terrace & Gulistan Cottages,

Rathmines Rathmines (; ) is an inner suburb on the Southside (Dublin), Southside of Dublin in Ireland. It begins at the southern side of the Grand Canal of Ireland, Grand Canal and stretches along the Rathmines Road as far as Rathgar to the south, Ranela ...

, Dublin, Ireland *

Guliston Guliston ( — flower country) also spelled as Gulistan, formerly known as ''Mirzachül'' (, until 1961) and Qayroqqum (; from 1962 - 2015), is the capital of Sirdaryo Region in eastern Uzbekistan. It is a district-level city. History In the ...

, Uzbekistan

Other uses

* ''Gulistan'', a work by the Persian poet Saadi * ''Gulistān — Nocturne for Piano'', a piano piece by English composer

Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (born Leon Dudley Sorabji; 14 August 1892 – 15 October 1988) was an English composer, music critic, pianist and writer whose music, written over a period of seventy years, ranges from sets of miniatures to wor ...

* Gulistan rug, created by

Karagheusian Rug Mill A. & M. Karagheusian, Inc. was a rug manufacturer headquartered at 295 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Manufacturing was located in Freehold Borough, New Jersey and operated for 60 years before closing in 1964. It employed 1,700 people at its peak oper ...

Treaty of Gulistan The Treaty of Gulistan (also spelled Golestan: ; ) was a peace treaty concluded between the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran on 24 October 1813 in the village of Gülüstan, Goranboy, Gulistan (now in Goranboy District, the Goranboy District of Azerb ...

(1813), between imperial Russia and Qajarid Persia signed at Gulistan, Nagorno-Karabakh *

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(born 1997), Turkish female Muay Thai practitioner * , one of

Melikdoms of Karabakh The Five Melikdoms of Karabakh, also known as Khamsa Melikdoms (), were Armenians, Armenian feudal entities on the territory of modern Nagorno-Karabakh and neighboring lands, from the dissolution of the Principality of Khachen in the 15th centu ...

* ''Guliston'', an Uzbek-language magazine