Turkestan

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Turkestan, also spelled Turkistan, is a historical name for the region of Asia lying between the Caspian Sea to the west, Siberia to the north, the Gobi Desert in Mongolia to the east, and Iran, Indian subcontinent (Afghanistan and Pakistan), and Tibet to the south.

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