Paradan or Paratan was a province of the Paratarajas and the Sasanian Empire. It was constituted from the present-day

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastl ...

region, which is divided between

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and

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Paratarajas

Evidence from coins shows that it was located in what is now north-eastern Balochistan, centered around the town of

Loralai Loralai ( ps, لورلايي, ur, ), also known as Bori ( ps, ), is the division headquarter of Loralai Division and district headquarter of Loralai District. It is in the northeast of Balochistan province in Pakistan. It is above sea level. ...

(now in

), further east than traditionally thought. Thus it was located roughly where the map places the province of

Turan Turan ( ae, Tūiriiānəm, pal, Tūrān; fa, توران, Turân, , "The Land of Tur") is a historical region in Central Asia. The term is of Iranian origin and may refer to a particular prehistoric human settlement, a historic geographical ...

. Paradan has been associated with the territory of the historical Paratarajas (125-300 CE).

Sasanian Empire

The province of Paradan is mentioned in

Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht Shapur I's Ka'ba-ye Zartosht inscription (shortened as Shapur-KZ, ŠKZ, SKZ), also referred to as The Great Inscription of Shapur I, and ''Res Gestae Divi Saporis'' (RGDS), is a trilingual inscription made during the reign of the Sasanian king S ...

of 262 CE, one of the many provinces of the Sasanian Empire: Shapur Kabe Zartosht Pahlavi scripts

Traditionally, Paradan was held to be further west, in the area of western Balochitan.

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* * Tandon, Pankaj. 2012. "The Location and Kings of Paradan" ''Studia Iranica'', 41 pp 25-56. http://people.bu.edu/ptandon/Paradan.pdf Provinces of the Sasanian Empire {{Asia-geo-stub

Paratarajas

Sasanian Empire

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