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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

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
  • 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