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Persian culture and history
- Persian architectureIranian architectureIranian architecture or Persian architecture is the architecture of Iran . It has a continuous history from at least 5000 BCE to the present, with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Turkey to North India and the borders of China and from the Caucasus to Zanzibar...
- Persian art
- Persian BayánPersian BayánThe Persian Bayán is one of the principal scriptural writings of the Báb, the founder of Bábi religion, written in Persian. The Báb also wrote a shorter book in Arabic, the Arabic Bayán.- Content:...
- Persian calendar
- Persian Canadians
- Persian carpet
- Persian Christians
- Persian columnPersian columnPersian columns or Persians is an archaeological term referring to columns such as those found in Persepolis with a base, fluted shaft, and double-bull capital. Some of the most elaborate columns in the ancient world were those of Persia especially the massive stone columns erected in Persepolis....
- Persian CorridorPersian CorridorThe Persian Corridor is the name for a supply route through Iran into Soviet Azerbaijan by which British aid and American Lend-Lease supplies were transferred to the Soviet Union during World War II.-Background:...
- Persian cuisine
- Persian dancePersian dancePersian dance refers to the type of dancing from Iran. Persian dance is very sensual, circular and slow which makes it a dance that is unique to Iran amongst all other Middle Eastern dance forms....
- Persian deities
- Persian embroideryPersian embroideryPersian embroidery is one of the many forms of the multi-faceted Persian arts.The motifs used in the Persian embroidery are mostly floral, especial Persian figures, animals, and patterns related to hunting....
- Persian Empire
- Persian handicraftsPersian handicraftsIranian craftwork , are handicrafts works that are useful in ordinary life or are decorative.They are made completely by hand or using only simple tools...
- Persian JewelsPersian JewelsIran possesses an extraordinary treasure of royal jewelry, including a copious amount of mother-of-pearl from the Persian Gulf. The Iranian crown jewels are among the largest, most dazzling and valuable jewel collection in the world. The jewels are displayed in the vaults of the Central Bank of...
- Persian JewsPersian JewsPersian Jews , are Jews historically associated with Iran, traditionally known as Persia in Western sources.Judaism is one of the oldest religions practiced in Iran. The Book of Esther contains some references to the experiences of Jews in Persia...
- Persian garden
- Persian grammarPersian grammarPersian grammar is the body of rules describing the properties of the Persian language. Persian grammar is similar to that of many other Indo-European languages, especially those in the Indo-Iranian family...
- Persian Gulf Service Command
- Persian HatPersian hatA Persian hat is a kind of grey fur hat worn by the Persian nobility, especially during the Qajar era. Iranians abroad were immediately recognised mostly by this hat....
- Persian appel dessert
- Persian Constitutional Revolution
- Persian Kings
- Persian languagePersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
- Persian LettersPersian LettersPersian Letters is a literary work by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, recounting the experiences of two Persian noblemen, Usbek and Rica, who are traveling through France.-Plot summary:...
- Persian literaturePersian literaturePersian literature spans two-and-a-half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. Its sources have been within historical Persia including present-day Iran as well as regions of Central Asia where the Persian language has historically been the national language...
- Persian weights and measures
- Persian media
- Persian miniaturePersian miniatureA Persian miniature is a small painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts...
- Persian motifsPersian motifsPersia has an ancient tradition of its own design of motifs. These special and unique motifs are used, among others, in the Persian carpet and rug designs and traditional Persian attire....
- Persian music
- Persian mythologyPersian mythologyPersian mythology are traditional tales and stories of ancient origin, some involving extraordinary or supernatural beings. Drawn from the legendary past of the Iranian cultural continent which especially consists of the state of Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Central Asia, they reflect the...
- Persian names
- Persian pickles
- Persian studiesPersian studiesPersian Studies is the study of the Persian language and its literature specifically. It is differentiated from Iranian Studies which is a broader, more interdisciplinary subject that focuses more on the histories and cultures of all Iranian peoples....
- Persian New Year (NorouzNorouzNowrūz is the name of the Iranian New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations. Nowruz is also widely referred to as the Persian New Year....
) - Persian religionsPersian religionsSeveral important religions and religious movements originated in Greater Iran, that is, among speakers of various Iranian languages and hence with an Iranian cultural background...
- Persian SibylPersian Sibylthumb|right|Michelangelo's rendering of the Persian SibylThe Persian Sibyl was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle. The Sibyl is sometimes referred to as the Babylonian Sibyl....
- Persian tilework
- Persian weavePersian weavePersian weave is a method of weave used in jewelry and other art forms. When used for making chains, the Persian weave makes a dense chain with a fascinating ring pattern. Persian weaves works best with relatively large rings....
- Persian weblogs
- Persian Women
- The Persian EncyclopediaThe Persian EncyclopediaThe Persian Encyclopedia is one of the most comprehensive and authoritative Encyclopedias written in the Persian language. It is a two-volume encyclopedia published as three physical volumes....
- Persian ImmortalsPersian ImmortalsThe "Immortals" was the name given by Herodotus to an elite force of soldiers who fought for the Achaemenid Empire. This force performed the dual roles of both Imperial Guard and standing army during the Persian Empire's expansion and during the Greco-Persian Wars...
(ancient military unit) - PersianatePersianateA Persianate/Persified society is a society that is either based on, or strongly influenced by the Persian language, culture, literature, art, and/or identity....
cultures. - PersianismPersianismThe word Persianism is used, to describe any process of forming or transforming a phenomenon into something which has Persian traits and peculiarities....
- Arsames of PersiaArsames of PersiaArsames was the son of Ariaramnes and perhaps briefly the king of Persia during the Achaemenid dynasty, but gave up the throne and declared loyalty to Cyrus II of Persia...
- Anglo-Persian Oil CompanyAnglo-Persian Oil CompanyThe Anglo-Persian Oil Company was founded in 1908 following the discovery of a large oil field in Masjed Soleiman, Iran. It was the first company to extract petroleum from the Middle East...
- Persid languages
- Parsee
- The Persian Expedition
- The PersiansThe PersiansThe Persians is an Athenian tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. First produced in 472 BCE, it is the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre...
- Turco-Persian
- Hamamni Persian BathsHamamni Persian BathsThe Hamamni Persian Baths are an historical building of Stone Town, Zanzibar. The name Hamamni is also used to refer to the neighbourhood where the building is located....
- History of Persia
- Dari-Persian
- Tajiki-PersianPersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
- Old Persian
- The announcement of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature
- Middle PersianMiddle PersianMiddle Persian , indigenously known as "Pârsig" sometimes referred to as Pahlavi or Pehlevi, is the Middle Iranian language/ethnolect of Southwestern Iran that during Sassanid times became a prestige dialect and so came to be spoken in other regions as well. Middle Persian is classified as a...
- Persian Shiite Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
- Encyclopaedia of Persian Language and LiteratureEncyclopaedia of Persian Language and LiteratureThe Encyclopaedia of Persian Language and Literature is a Persian language encyclopaedia, published in Tehran.-External links:*...
- Academy of Persian Language and LiteratureAcademy of Persian Language and LiteratureIran's Academy of Persian Language and Literature is a body controlled by the Iranian government presiding over the use of the Persian language in Iran and other Persian speaking countries. The academy members are academics of Persian literature and linguistics from , , , and .- History :The...
- Magus
- South Persia RiflesSouth Persia RiflesThe South Persia Rifles was a Persian military force recruited by the British in 1916 and under British command. They participated in the Persian Campaign of World War I.-History:...
- Cultural Heritage Organization of IranCultural Heritage Organization of IranIran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization is an educational and research institution overseeing numerous associated museum complexes throughout Iran. It is administered and funded by the Government of Iran....
- GolhaGolhaThe Golha radio programmes comprise 1578 radio programmes consisting of approximately 847 hours of music and poetry broadcast on an Iranian government-owned radio station over a period from 1956 through 1979....
Radio Program - KhatamKhatamKhatam is a Persian version of marquetry, art forms made by decorating the surface of wooden articles with delicate pieces of wood, bone and metal precisely-cut geometrical shapes. Khatam is also the capital of Khatam County in Iran. Khatam kari is the art of crafting a Khatam...
, a Persian style of marquetry
Plants and animals named after Persia
- Persian barrenwort
- Persian buttercup
- Persian cat
- Persian Bells
- Persian Blue Allium
- Persian berryPersian berryPersian berry, also called Avignon berry or French berry, is the fruit of the Avignon Buckthorn , a species of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow .- References :* , p.762...
- Persian Cornflower
- Persian Crocodile
- Persian cuminCarawayCaraway also known as meridian fennel, or Persian cumin is a biennial plant in the family Apiaceae, native to western Asia, Europe and Northern Africa....
- Persian Cucumber
- Persian Cyclamen
- Persian darnelPersian darnelPersian darnel or Persian ryegrass, is an annual grass. It has an upright stem, branching from a reddish base, up to 45 cm tall. Its leaves are lower surface glossy, dark green, 6 mm wide....
- Persian Epimedium
- Persian fallow deerPersian fallow deerThe Persian Fallow Deer is a rare ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. Its taxonomic status is disputed, with some maintaining it as a subspecies of the Fallow Deer, while other treat it as a separate species, Dama mesopotamica.-Description:Persian fallow deer are bigger than Fallow...
- Persian fire
- Persian Fritillaria
- Persian Fritillary
- Persian Greyhound
- Persian Hogweed (Heracleum persicum)
- Persian Horse ConchPersian horse conchThe Persian horse conch, Pleuroploca persica, is a species of very large predatory sea snail with an operculum. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, which includes the spindle shells, the tulip shells and other allied genera....
- Persian iris
- Persian Ivy
- Persian Jasmin
- Persian Jewels Nigella
- Persian jirdPersian JirdThe Persian jird is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan....
- Persian lamb
- Persian leopardPersian LeopardThe Persian leopard , also called Caucasian leopard, is the largest leopard subspecies, and is native to eastern Turkey, the Caucasus mountains, northern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and parts of western Afghanistan...
- Persian LimePersian limePersian lime , also known as Tahiti lime or Bearss lime , is a citrus fruit sold simply as a "lime" in the United States...
- Persian lynx
- Persian melonPersian melonPersian melon, binomial name cucumis melo, is a type of melon. It is orange in color and has a strongly netted, unridged rind. It is also known as the "Patelquat". These are most commonly found wild in all western countries and in its native Iran...
- Persian molePersian MolePère David's Mole is a mole found only in Kurdistan Province, Iran. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss. As T. streeti, it is known as the Persian Mole....
- Persian Nepeta
- Persian Nitro Clover
- Persian Onion
- Persian Parrotia
- Persian Pearl
- Persian Pellitory
- Persian pine
- Persian Princess (a sort of roseRoseA rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...
flower) - Persian RatsnakePersian RatsnakeThe Persian Ratsnake is a small ratsnake from temperate northwestern Iran and near the Caspian Sea area. It is 70 to 90 cm long and usually jet black or grey with white markings along the lateral portion of its forebody; males seem to grow larger than females. E. persica has habits very...
- Persian Rose
- Persian RyegrassRyegrassRyegrass is a genus of nine species of tufted grasses in the Pooideae subfamily of the Poaceae family. Also called tares , these plants are native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, but are...
(Lolium persicum) - Persian Sheep
- Persian Shield
- Persian Silk TreeAlbizia julibrissinAlbizia julibrissin is a species of legume in the genus Albizia, native to southwestern and eastern Asia, from Persia east to China and Korea...
- Persian speedwell
- Persian Stonecress
- Persian TigreTigerThe tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to and weighing up to . Their most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with lighter underparts...
- Persian Trident BatPersian Trident BatTriaenops persicus, also known as the Persian Trident Bat or Triple Nose-leaf Bat, is a species of bat in the genus Triaenops. It occurs in southwestern Pakistan, southern Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. In the last country, it occurs together with the much smaller Triaenops parvus...
- Persian WalnutPersian WalnutJuglans regia, the Persian walnut, English walnut, or especially in Great Britain, Common walnut, is an Old World walnut tree species native to the region stretching from the Balkans eastward to the Himalayas and southwest China...
- Persian Whites
- Persian wildrye
- Persian Yellow
- Persian Yellow Rose
- Persian Zatar
- Persian saffron
- Persian zafron
Places named after Persia
- Persian GulfPersian GulfThe Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
- Persia, IowaPersia, IowaAs of the census of 2000, there were 363 people, 141 households, and 104 families residing in the city. The population density was 794.9 people per square mile . There were 145 housing units at an average density of 317.5 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.45% White, 0.28%...
(USA) - Persia, New YorkPersia, New YorkPersia is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 2,512 at the 2000 census.The Town of Persia is in the northwest part of the county.- History :The town was first settled around 1812....
(USA) - Persian Creek, California (USA)
- Persia, California (USA)
- Persis (Fars Province)
- PersepolisPersepolisPerspolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire . Persepolis is situated northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid...
- Persian dream
Wars that are termed "Persian"
- Greco-Persian WarsGreco-Persian WarsThe Greco-Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and city-states of the Hellenic world that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC. The collision between the fractious political world of the Greeks and the enormous empire of the Persians began when Cyrus...
- Roman–Persian Wars
- Russo-Persian Wars
- Russo-Persian War (1722-1723)
- Russo-Persian War (1796)Persian Expedition of 1796The Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great, alongside the Persian Expedition of Peter the Great, was one of the Russo-Persian Wars of the 18th century which did not entail any lasting consequences for either belligerent....
- Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)The 1804-1813 Russo-Persian War, one of the many wars between the Persian Empire and Imperial Russia, began like many wars as a territorial dispute. The Persian king, Fath Ali Shah Qajar, wanted to consolidate the northernmost reaches of his Qajar dynasty by securing land near the Caspian Sea's...
- Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
- Turko-Persian WarTurko-Persian WarThe Ottoman-Qajar War was fought between Qajar Empire and the Ottoman Empire from 1821 to 1823.After severe losses in Georgia during the Russo-Persian War of 1804-13, Crown Prince Abbas Mirza of Persia vowed to modernize his armies...
- Anglo-Persian WarAnglo-Persian WarThe Anglo-Persian War lasted between November 1, 1856 and April 4, 1857, and was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Persia . In the war, the British opposed an attempt by Persia to reacquire the city of Herat...
- Persian Gulf Wars
- Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), also known as the Persian Gulf War or the First Gulf War
- Gulf WarGulf WarThe Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
(1991), also known as the Persian Gulf War, Operation Granby, or Operation Desert Storm - Iraq War (2003–present), also known as the Second or Third Gulf War, an ongoing conflict
Colours called Persian
- Persian bluePersian bluePersian blue comes in three major tones: Persian blue proper—a bright medium blue; medium Persian blue ; and a kind of dark blue that is much closer to the web color indigo; this darker shade of Persian blue is referred to as Persian indigo, dark Persian blue...
- Persian Burgundy (Dark Auburn)
- Persian green
- Persian redPersian redPersian red is a deep reddish orange earth or pigment from the Persian Gulf composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It is also called artificial vermillion....
- Persian Rose
- Persian Sunset
- Persian Violet
- Persian Yellow
- Persian orange
- Persian indigo
- Medium Persian blue
- Persian Pink
Other uses of the term Persian
- Persian March
- Persian nectar
- Persian tobaccoPersian tobaccoNicotiana alata is a species of tobacco. It is called Winged Tobacco, Jasmine Tobacco, tanbaku, and sometimes Persian Tobacco, though the latter name is also used for Nicotiana persica....
- Persian powderPersian powderPersian powder is a Plant toxin insecticide powder, also called "Persian Pellitory" and Insect powder.-Biological pest control:Persian powder is a green pesticide that has been used for centuries for the biological pest extermination of household insects, garden pests, and agricultural pests...
- Persian drillPersian drillA Persian drill is a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. It was formerly used for delicate operations such as jewellery making and dentistry....
- Persian Gulf illness
- Persian wheelWater wheelA water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of free-flowing or falling water into useful forms of power. A water wheel consists of a large wooden or metal wheel, with a number of blades or buckets arranged on the outside rim forming the driving surface...
- Persian waxing
- Prince of PersiaPrince of PersiaPrince of Persia is a platform game, originally developed by Jordan Mechner and released in 1989 for the Apple II, that represented a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in video games....
video game - Persiana JonesPersiana JonesPersiana Jones is an Italian ska punk band formed in 1988. They have appeared on television numerous times and toured countries like Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.- External links :* *...
- Pink Pearl of Persia, the first episode of animated series BatfinkBatfinkBatfink is an animated television series, consisting of five-minute shorts, that first aired in September 1967. The 100-episode series was quickly created by Hal Seeger, starting in 1966, to parody the popular Batman and The Green Hornet television series which had premiered the same...
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Lists
- List of kings of Persia
- List of English words of Persian origin
- List of Persians
- List of ancient Persians
- List of Persian language authors
- List of Persian language poets
- List of Persian language television channels
- List of Persian War Victoria Cross recipients
- List of Persian painters
- List of French loanwords in Persian
See also: List of Iran-related topics, Aryan
Aryan
Aryan is an English language loanword derived from Sanskrit ārya and denoting variously*In scholarly usage:**Indo-Iranian languages *in dated usage:**the Indo-European languages more generally and their speakers...
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