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• Persian people
  Persian people
  
  Persian identity, at least in terms of language, is traced to the ancient Indo-Iranians , who arrived in parts of Greater Iran circa 2000-1500 BCE....
  , an Iranian
  Iranian peoples
  
  The Iranian peoples are an ethnic and linguistic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in Iranian plateau and beyond in central-, southern-, and southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe....
   ethno-linguistic community in Central and Southwest Asia.
• Persian-speakers of Iran
  Persian-speakers of Iran
  
  The Persian-speakers of Iran are a supra-ethnic group of numerous regional peoples who speak the Persian language dialects and varieties....
  , the majority ethnic group of Iran
  Iran
  
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
  
• Persian language
  Persian language
  
  name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
  , an Iranian language
  Iranian languages
  
  The Iranian languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages and its subfamily, Indo-Iranian languages. These languages are mainly spoken by the Iranian Peoples....
   of the Indo-European
  Indo-European languages
  
  The Indo-European languages are a Language family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau , Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent ....
   language family
• Persian literature
  Persian literature
  
  Persian literature spans two and a half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. Its sources has been within historical greater Iran including present-day Iran as well as reigions of Central Asia where the Persian language has been the national language through history....
  
• Persian Empire
  Persian Empire
  
  The 'Persian Empire' was a series of successive Iranian or Persianization empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland, and beyond in Southwest Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus....
  
• Persian Gulf
  Persian Gulf
  
  The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Historically and commonly known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is sometimes Persian Gulf naming dispute referred to as the Arabian Gulf by certain Arab countries or simply The Gulf, although nei...
  
• Persian alphabet
• Citizens of Iran
  Demographics of Iran
  
  Iran's population was declared 70,049,262 in the 2006 census, with nearly one quarter of its people being 15 years of age or younger. Iran is also ethnically and linguistically diverse, with some cities, such as Tehran, bringing various ethnic groups together....
  
• Culture of Iran
  Culture of Iran
  
  To best understand Iran and its people, one must first attempt to acquire an understanding of its ancient culture. It is in the study of this area where the Iranian identity optimally expresses itself....
  
• Persian music
  Persian music
  
  Persian traditional music is the traditional and indigenous music of Persian Empire and Persian language: musiqi, the science and art of music, and moosiqi, the sound and performance of music ....
  
• Persian art
• Persian cuisine
• Persian architecture
• Persian religions
  Persian religions
  
  Several important religions and religious movements originated in Greater Iran, that is, amongst Iranian peoples and hence with an Iranian culture....
  , historic religions originating from Persia
• Persian carpet
• Persian philosophy
• Persian (cat)
  Persian (cat)
  
  The Persian Cat is one of the oldest cat breeds of cat. In Britain, it is called the Longhair or Persian Longhair. A Persian without an established and registered pedigree is classed as a domestic longhair cat....
  

See also

• Iranian, disambiguation page
• Persia (disambiguation)
  Persia (disambiguation)
  
  Persia may refer to the following:*Persia is the Western name for Iran before March, 1935. Since 1949, both the terms "Persia" and "Iran" can be used officially....
  
• List of Persia-related topics
  List of Persia-related topics
  
  Persian culture and history* Iranian Architecture* Persian art* Persian Bay?n* Persian calendar* Persian Canadians* Persian carpet* Persian Christians...
  

Other uses

• Persian (Pokémon), a fictional species
• Alpha Gruis
  Alpha Gruis
  
  Alpha Gruis is the brighest star in the constellation Grus . It also has the traditional name Alnair , derived from the Arabic language ????? ????? al-nayyir al-dhanab meaning "The Bright One of the Tail" ....
  , the star also known as "The Persian"
• Persian (pastry)
  Persian (pastry)
  
  A Persian is an oval-shaped, cinnamon-bun-like pastry with a sweet, pink icing made of either raspberries or strawberries. It originated in and remains particular to the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada....
  , a pastry native to Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Persian melon
  Persian melon
  
  Persian 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" due to its hybrid crossing between a kumquat and a patel fruit....
  
• The Persian
  The Persian
  
  The Persian is a major character from the Gaston Leroux gothic novel The Phantom of the Opera. In the book he is the one who tells most of the background of Erik history....
  , a character from Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera