Dasht

Dasht (Persian: دشت), Dasht-e, Dashhti (دشتی), or Dasht-i, are Persian words for "plain" or "plain of", and may refer to:

Places

Afghanistan

• Dasht-e Borsoneh, a village in the Bamyan Province
• Dasht-e Leili desert, site of the alleged Dasht-e-Leili massacre
• Dasht-e Margo, a desert in Afghanistan

Armenia

• Dasht, Armenia, a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia

Iran

Geographic features

• Dasht-e Kavir, a desert in north-central and northeastern Iran
• Dasht-e Lut, desert in southeastern Iran

Localities

• Dasht Rural District (Meshgin Shahr County), a subdivision of Ardabil province
• Dashti, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, a village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province
• Dashti County, a subdivision of Bushehr province
• Dashti-ye Esmail Khani, a village in Bushehr province
• Dashti-ye Esmail Khani Rural District, in Bushehr province
• Dasht, Fars, a village in Fars province
• Dashti, Fars, a village in Fars province
• Dashti, Golestan, a village in Golestan province
• Dashti, Hormozgan, a village in Hormozgan province
• Dashti, Ilam, a village in Ilam province
• Dashti, Isfahan, a village in Isfahan province
• Dasht Rural District (Isfahan Province), a subdivision of Isfahan province
• Dasht-e Bozorg, a village in Khuzestan province
• Dashti-ye Hoseyn Aqa, a village in Khuzestan province
• Dasht, North Khorasan, a village in North Khorasan province
• Dasht, Khvaf, a village in Khvaf County of Razavi Khorasan province
• Dasht, Nishapur, a village in Nishapur County of Razavi Khorasan province
• Dasht, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan province
• Dashti, West Azerbaijan, a village in West Azerbaijan province
• Dasht Rural District (Urmia County), a subdivision of West Azerbaijan province

Pakistan

• Dasht (Kharan), a town and tehsil of the Kharan District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan
• Dasht-e-Goran, Pakistan, a town of the Kalat District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan
• Dasht Tehsil, a tehsil of Kech District, Balochistan
• Dera Ghazi Khan District
• Muzaffargarh District
• Dera Ismail Khan District

Tajikistan

• Dasht, Tajikistan, a site of the University of Central Asia campus

People

• Lara Dashti (born 2004), Kuwaiti Olympic swimmer
• Yossi Dashti (born 1952), Israeli-American author, researcher and business facilitator
• Dashti or Dasti is another name for the Rind (tribe), a Baloch tribe of Baluchistan

Music, film and television

• Dashti is one of the twelve Dastgahs in Persian Music
• Dasht (television series), a 1993 Pakistani drama series

See also

• Dashtestan, a township in the northern part of the Bushehr Province of Iran