Editing Turan (section)

==== Sassanian Empire ====
From the 5th century CE, the [[Sasanian Empire]] defined "Turan" in opposition to "Iran", as the land where lay its enemies to the northeast.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Attila |first=Michael |last=Maas |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |date=2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0dcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA284 |pages=284|isbn=9781316060858 }}</ref>

The continuation of nomadic invasions on the north-eastern borders in historical times kept the memory of the Turanians alive.<ref name="Ehsan Yarshater 1983" /> After the 6th century the Turks, who had been pushed westward by other tribes, became neighbours of Iran and were identified with the Turanians.<ref name="Ehsan Yarshater 1983" /><ref>{{cite book|first=R. |last=Frye |title=The Heritage of Persia: The pre-Islamic History of One of the World's Great Civilizations |publisher=World Publishing Company |location=New York |date=1963 |pages=41}}</ref> The identification of the Turanians with the Turks was a late development, possibly made in the early 7th century; the Turks first came into contact with the Iranians only in the 6th century.{{r|Yarshater1984_EI}}