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Iran
CapitalIsfahan
LanguagesPersian (official)
CurrencyToman

Iran (Persian: ایران), also known in the West as Persia, is a country located in western Asia. It stretches from the Caucasus and the Oxus river in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, and the Zagros Range in the west to the Khorasani salt deserts of the east.

History

Late Safavid period (1629-1687)

English capture of Ormus

Economic crisis

Relations with the Duke of Holstein and the VOC

Rise of the Khilji Pakhtuns (1687-1696)

Khiljid period (1696-1760)

Mirweis Shah (1696-1731)

Mahmud Shah (1731-1748)

Regency and downfall (1748-1758)

Interregnum (1758-1771)

French invasion of Ormus & Kishma

Coup of 1760

Dareshouri period (1771-)

Government and Politics

Demographics

Culture

Religion

See also