Greater Iran
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Greater Iran or Greater Persia, also called the Iranosphere, the Persosphere or Iranzamin, is a term used to refer to a broader cultural sphere that has been influenced by Iranian peoples and Iranian
An Ashrafi Coin of Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747), reverse: "Coined on gold the word of kingdom in the world, Nader of Greater Iran and the world-conqueror king."
Sassanian fortress in Derbent, Dagestan, which has been inscribed on Russia's UNESCO world heritage list since 2003.
Painted clay and alabaster head of a Zoroastrian priest wearing a distinctive Bactrian-style headdress, Takhti-Sangin, Tajikistan, Greco-Bactrian kingdom, 3rd-2nd century BCE.
The Cyrus Cylinder, written in Babylonian cuneiform in the name of the Achaemenid king, Cyrus the Great, describes the Persian takeover of Babylon (An ancient city in modern-day Iraq).
Persianate society
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A Persianate society is a society that is based on or strongly influenced by the Persian language, culture, literature, art or identity.
Persian miniature from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp: Rustam asleep, while his horse Rakhsh slays a lion, fol. 118r.
Great Mongol Shahnameh, 1330s, Bahram Gur killing a wolf, Harvard University Art Museum
Illustration from Jami's Rose Garden of the Pious, dated 1553. The image blends Persian poetry and Persian miniature into one, as is the norm for many works of Persian literature.