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    This article contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Persian (/ˈpɜːrʒən, -ʃən/ PUR-zhən...
    132 KB (13,373 words) - 04:05, 28 November 2024
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    Iran (redirect from Persian State of Iran)
    You may need rendering support to display the Persian text in this article correctly. Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known...
    370 KB (29,246 words) - 22:05, 1 December 2024
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    or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd/; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' or 'The...
    170 KB (17,330 words) - 07:14, 29 November 2024
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    (not to be confused with the 2003 Iraq War, also referred to as such), Persian Gulf War, Kuwait War, First Iraq War, or Iraq War before the term "Iraq...
    251 KB (27,867 words) - 13:59, 26 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Persian Gulf
    The Persian Gulf, sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located...
    64 KB (6,634 words) - 04:11, 23 November 2024
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    Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːniən, səˈseɪniən/), officially Ērānšahr (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩, lit. 'Empire of the Iranians'), was the last pre-Islamic...
    169 KB (20,444 words) - 18:20, 25 November 2024
  • article contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Persians (/ˈpɜːrʒənz/ PUR-zhənz...
    78 KB (8,571 words) - 18:56, 27 November 2024
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    Cyrus II of Persia (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; c. 600 – 530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Hailing...
    112 KB (12,781 words) - 01:04, 29 November 2024
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    Dari (redirect from Dari-Persian)
    Dari Persian (فارسی دری, Fārsī-yi Darī, [fʌːɾˈsiːjɪ d̪ɐˈɾiː] or Fārsī-ye Darī, [fʌːɾˈsiːjɛ d̪ɐˈɾiː]), or Eastern Persian is the variety of the Persian language...
    54 KB (5,278 words) - 19:01, 30 November 2024
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    The Iranian revolution (Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn]), also known as the 1979 revolution, or the Islamic revolution of...
    229 KB (24,308 words) - 11:42, 29 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Greco-Persian Wars
    The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started...
    94 KB (11,367 words) - 16:26, 26 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tajik language
    Tajik, Tajik Persian, Tajiki Persian, also called Tajiki, is the variety of Persian spoken in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan by Tajiks. It is closely related...
    44 KB (4,003 words) - 07:10, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Safavid dynasty
    The Safavid dynasty (/ˈsæfəvɪd, ˈsɑː-/; Persian: دودمان صفوی, romanized: Dudmâne Safavi, pronounced [d̪uːd̪ˈmɒːne sæfæˈviː]) was one of Iran's most significant...
    26 KB (3,031 words) - 02:59, 21 October 2024
  • Empire, or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian, Sunni Muslim empire, established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz...
    131 KB (16,165 words) - 10:31, 26 November 2024
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    Sasanian Empire as a result of the Muslim conquest of Persia. A Zoroastrian Persian dynasty that held power in the north for over a century before finally...
    119 KB (1,724 words) - 15:15, 2 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Khuzestan province
    Province (Persian: استان خوزستان) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Located in the southwest of the country, the province borders Iraq and the Persian Gulf...
    81 KB (7,684 words) - 14:47, 14 November 2024
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    Middle Persian and Kurdish proved to be more enduring. Most of Middle Persian structure and vocabulary survived, evolving into New Persian. Persian incorporated...
    90 KB (10,572 words) - 14:03, 2 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for One Thousand and One Nights
    especially the frame story, are probably drawn from the Pahlavi Persian work Hezār Afsān (Persian: هزار افسان, lit. 'A Thousand Tales'), which in turn may be...
    107 KB (13,203 words) - 10:23, 28 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Persian cat
    The Persian cat, also known as the Persian Longhair, is a long-haired breed of cat characterised by a round face and short muzzle. The first documented...
    78 KB (8,224 words) - 03:38, 22 November 2024
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    spanning from Anatolia to the Indus River and from the Caucasus to the Persian Gulf. Central to this area is modern-day Iran, which covers the bulk of...
    193 KB (21,794 words) - 02:15, 30 November 2024
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