Pahlavi
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Pahlavi is the script and literary form of Middle Persian used during the Sassanian Empire and early Islamic period in Iran.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pahlavi canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5687670 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pahlavi Context triple: [Middle Persian, alternativeName, Pahlavi]
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A.
Pahlavi era
The Pahlavi era was the period in 20th-century Iran marked by the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty, characterized by rapid modernization, secularization, and authoritarian monarchy leading up to the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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B.
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty was the last ruling royal house of Iran, established in 1925 by Reza Shah Pahlavi and known for its modernization efforts, secular reforms, and eventual overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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C.
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Reza Shah Pahlavi was the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty and the modernizing monarch of Iran who ruled from 1925 until his abdication in 1941.
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D.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last monarch of Iran, ruling from 1941 until his overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and was known for his pro-Western policies and ambitious modernization efforts.
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E.
Ali-Reza Pahlavi
Ali-Reza Pahlavi was a son of the last Shah of Iran who lived in exile after the 1979 Iranian Revolution and later died by suicide in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pahlavi Target entity description: Pahlavi is the script and literary form of Middle Persian used during the Sassanian Empire and early Islamic period in Iran.
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A.
Pahlavi era
The Pahlavi era was the period in 20th-century Iran marked by the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty, characterized by rapid modernization, secularization, and authoritarian monarchy leading up to the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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B.
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty was the last ruling royal house of Iran, established in 1925 by Reza Shah Pahlavi and known for its modernization efforts, secular reforms, and eventual overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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C.
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Reza Shah Pahlavi was the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty and the modernizing monarch of Iran who ruled from 1925 until his abdication in 1941.
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D.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last monarch of Iran, ruling from 1941 until his overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and was known for his pro-Western policies and ambitious modernization efforts.
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E.
Ali-Reza Pahlavi
Ali-Reza Pahlavi was a son of the last Shah of Iran who lived in exile after the 1979 Iranian Revolution and later died by suicide in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Persian language variety
ⓘ
historical alphabet ⓘ script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Middle Persian Pahlavi script
ⓘ
linked to:
Pahlavi script
Pehlevi ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Persian language
|
| associatedDynasty |
Sasanian dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Sasanian Empire
|
| associatedReligion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Aramaic script ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Aramaic logograms
ⓘ
consonant-based orthography ⓘ heterograms ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Book Pahlavi
ⓘ
linked to:
Psalter Pahlavi
Inscriptional Pahlavi ⓘ
linked to:
Inscriptional Pahlavi block
Psalter Pahlavi ⓘ |
| influenced | later Persian orthographic conventions ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Phlv ⓘ |
| languageWritten |
Middle Persian
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Persian language
|
| region |
Iran
ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Persian written in Arabic script ⓘ |
| scriptOf |
Middle Persian literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Pahlavi literature
|
| scriptType | abjad ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
3rd century to 7th century CE
ⓘ
Sasanian period ⓘ
linked to:
Sasanian Empire
early Islamic centuries ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlock |
Inscriptional Pahlavi
ⓘ
linked to:
Inscriptional Pahlavi block
Psalter Pahlavi ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Manichaean communities
ⓘ
Sasanian administration ⓘ Zoroastrian clergy ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative documents
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ writing Middle Persian ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Sasanian Empire
ⓘ
Zoroastrian communities ⓘ
linked to:
Zoroastrians
early Islamic Iran ⓘ
linked to:
Islamic Iran
|
| usedToWrite |
Avesta commentaries
ⓘ
Zoroastrian legal texts ⓘ royal inscriptions of Sasanian kings ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
paper manuscripts
ⓘ
parchment manuscripts ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingStandardFor | Zoroastrian Middle Persian literature ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily | Aramaic-derived scripts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pahlavi Description of subject: Pahlavi is the script and literary form of Middle Persian used during the Sassanian Empire and early Islamic period in Iran.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Middle Persian language
subject linked to:
Reza
subject linked to:
Farahnaz
subject linked to:
Bundahišn (in Pahlavi)