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Parthian

Parthian may be:

A demonym "of Parthia

Parthia

Parthia is a region of north-eastern Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Arsacid dynasty, after which the Arsacid Empire is then also known as the 'Parthian Empire'....
", a region of north-eastern Iran

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Parthian may be:

A demonym "of Parthia

Parthia

Parthian language
Parthian language

The Parthian language, also known as Arsacid Pahlavi and Pahlavanik, is a now-extinct ancient Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Parthia, a region of northeastern Greater Iran, to include a significant portion of Greater Khorasan....
, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language
Parthian shot
Parthian shot

The Parthian shot was a military tactics employed by the Parthian Empire, an ancient Iranian people. The Parthian horse archers, mounted on light horse, would feint withdrawal ; then, while at a full Horse gait#Gallop, turn their bodies back to shoot at the pursuing enemy....
, an archery skill famously employed by Parthian horsemen
Parthian empire
Parthian Empire

The Arsacid Empire , was a significant political and cultural power in the ancient Near East, and a counterweight to the Roman Empire in the region....
, an empire ruled by Parthians

'Parthian' may also refer to:

the Indo-Parthian Kingdom
Indo-Parthian Kingdom

The Indo-Parthian Kingdom was established during the 1st century by Gondophares, and at its greatest extent extended into areas that are in present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and Northern India....
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the Parthian class submarine
Parthian class submarine

The Parthian class submarine or P class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920's. They were designed as long-range patrol submarines for the Far East....
Seven noble families
Seven Parthian clans

The Seven Parthian clans or Seven Houses were seven purportedly "Parthian" feudal aristocracies allied with the Sassanid court.Only two of the seven - the House of Suren and the House of Karen - are actually attested in sources dateable to the Arsacid period....
whose fiefs lay in Parthia