Persians

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Persians are an Iranian ethnic group historically centered in modern-day Iran, renowned for their rich cultural heritage, literature, and influential empires such as the Achaemenid and Sassanian.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian peoples
ethnic group
associatedEmpire Achaemenid Empire
Afsharid Empire
Pahlavi dynasty
Parthian Empire
Qajar dynasty
linked to: Qajar Iran

Safavid Empire
Sasanian Empire
capitalOfHistoricalEmpire Ctesiphon
Pasargadae
Persepolis
Susa
celebrates Nowruz
linked to: Nowruz celebrations

Yalda Night
continent Asia
countryOfOrigin Iran
culturalHeritage Nowruz
linked to: Nowruz celebrations

Persian architecture
Persian carpet
Persian literature
Persian miniature
Persian music
Persian poetry
culturalInfluence Caucasus
Central Asia
Islamic Golden Age
Ottoman Empire
South Asia
diaspora Australia
Canada
Germany
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
ethnonymOrigin Pars
Parsa
historicalHomeland Fars Province
linked to: Fars

Persis
historicalLanguage Middle Persian
Old Persian
historicalReligion Manichaeism
Mithraism
Zoroastrianism
historicalScript Old Persian cuneiform
Pahlavi script
language Farsi
linked to: Persian language

Persian language
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
majorCity Isfahan
Mashhad
Shiraz
linked to: Shiraz, Iran

Tabriz
Tehran
notableRuler Cyrus the Great
Darius I
linked to: Darius I of Persia

Khosrow I
Shapur I
Xerxes I
notableScientist Al-Biruni
Al-Khwarizmi
Avicenna
notableWriter Ferdowsi
Hafez
Nizami Ganjavi
Omar Khayyam
Rumi
Saadi
primaryRegion Iran
relatedGroup Azerbaijanis
Baloch
linked to: Baloch people

Kurds
Lurs
Tajiks
religion Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
traditionalCuisine ash reshteh
chelow kabab
fesenjan
ghormeh sabzi
tahdig
traditionalReligionMinority Baháʼí Faith
linked to: Baha'i Faith

Christianity
Judaism
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Persian alphabet
linked to: Perso-Arabic script

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Persian language spokenBy Persians
Neo-Babylonian Empire conflict Achaemenid Persians
linked to: Persians
Persian Jews countryOfOrigin Persia
linked to: Persians
Erivan Governorate borders Persia
linked to: Persians
Islamic world hasEthnicGroup Persians
Elisavetpol Governorate borderedBy Persia
linked to: Persians
Achaemenid Empire country Persia
linked to: Persians
Achaemenid Empire ethnicGroup Persians
Parsis ancestralOrigin Persia
linked to: Persians
Silk Road routes extendsTo Persian Empire
linked to: Persians
The Arabian Nights countryOfOrigin Persia
linked to: Persians
The Arabian Nights setting Persia
linked to: Persians
Islamic Caliphates territoryIncludes Persia
linked to: Persians
Islamic Golden Age mainRegion Persia
linked to: Persians
Manama ethnicGroup Persians
Ossetians relatedEthnicity Persians
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti borderedBy Persia
linked to: Persians
Tajiks relatedEthnicGroup Persians
Eleusis destroyedBy Persians
Baloch people relatedEthnicGroup Persian people
linked to: Persians
Surah Ar-Rum mentions Persians
Western Iran ethnicGroup Persians
subject linked to: western Iran
Iranian peoples hasPart Persians
Histories describesCulture Persians
subject linked to: works of Herodotus
Yazd hasEthnicGroup Persians
Pontus hasEthnicGroup Persians
Persian ethnonymFor Persians
Mirza usedByEthnicGroup Persians
Cambyses II ethnicGroup Persians
Medes neighbor Persians
Battle of Thermopylae causeOfGreekDefeat Persians discovered mountain path
linked to: Persians
Didyma destroyedBy Persians
Seleucid Empire ethnicGroup Persians
Samanid Empire ethnicGroup Persians
Talysh neighboringPeople Persians
Al-Razi ethnicGroup Persians
subject linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)