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{{Nation|common_name=Persia|capital=Isfahan|languages=Persian (official)|currency=Toman|flag=Flag_of_Persia.png|largest_city=Tabriz|government_type=Constitutional monarchy|local_name=دولت علیّه ایران|full_name=State of Persia}}
{{Nation|common_name=Persia|capital=Isfahan|languages=Persian (official)|currency=Toman|flag=Flag_of_Persia.png|largest_city=Tabriz|government_type=Constitutional monarchy|local_name=دولت علیّه ایران|full_name=State of Persia}}


'''Iran''' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language Persian]: ایران, Armenian: Իրան), 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Khorasan Khorasan] in the east.
'''Persia''' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language Persian]: ایران, ''eran''), officially known as the '''State of Persia''' (Persian: مملکت ایران) is an expansive monarchy located in western Asia. It borders [[Afghanistan]], [[Turkestan]], [[Russia]], [[Balochistan]], the Mesopotamian states, and the [[Ottoman Empire]].


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==


== History ==
== History ==

=== Late Safavid period (1629-1687) ===

==== Foreign powers in Persia ====

===== English capture of Ormus =====

===== The Duke of Holstein-Gottorp =====

===== Conflict with the EIC & VOC =====

==== Economic crises ====

==== Collapse of the empire ====

=== Khiljid period (1687-1760) ===

==== Rise of the Khilji Pakhtuns ====

==== Mirweis Shah (1696-1731) ====

==== Mahmud Shah (1731-1748) ====

==== Regency era and collapse ====

=== Interregnum (1758-1771) ===

==== French invasion of Ormus ====

==== Revival of the Qezelbash ====

==== Safavid restoration (1765-1771) ====

===== Battle of Naein =====

===== The Coup of 1769 =====

=== Dareshuri period (1771-) ===

==== Classical rule (1771-1814) ====

==== Messianic rebellions of 1818 and clerical massacres ====


== Government and Politics ==
== Government and Politics ==


== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==

==== Ethnicity ====

==== Language ====

==== Religion ====


== Culture ==
== Culture ==

==== Literature and poetry ====

==== Global Persianate culture ====

== Religion ==

==== Islam ====

==== Christianity ====

===== Armenian Apostolicism =====

==== Zoroastrianism ====

==== Judaism ====

==== Dharmic faiths ====

==== Gnostic and syncretic religions ====

==== New religious movements ====


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 14:50, 4 June 2022

Persia
State of Persia
دولت علیّه ایران
CapitalIsfahan
Largest CityTabriz
Government TypeConstitutional monarchy
LanguagesPersian (official)
CurrencyToman

Persia (Persian: ایران, eran), officially known as the State of Persia (Persian: مملکت ایران) is an expansive monarchy located in western Asia. It borders Afghanistan, Turkestan, Russia, Balochistan, the Mesopotamian states, and the Ottoman Empire.

Etymology

History

Government and Politics

Demographics

Culture

See also