Persia

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

Iran (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 Khorasan in the east.

Etymology

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

Demographics

Ethnicity

Language

Religion

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