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Iran (word)
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In Modern Persian, the word Īrān derives immediately from 3rd-century Middle Persian Ērān, initially meaning "of the Aryans" before acquiring a geographical connotation as a reference to the lands inh
Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht (c. AD 262), with Ērānšahr and Ērān highlighted.
Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht (c. AD 262), with Ērānšahr and Ērān highlighted.
The form of the word Ērān (𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭) in Inscriptional Pahlavi on a coin of the second Sasanian King of Kings Shapur I.
The form of the word Ērān (𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭) in Inscriptional Pahlavi on a coin of the second Sasanian King of Kings Shapur I.
An inscription in Middle Persian on the tombstone of a Christian from Anatolia in the 9th century AD: ēn gōr Hurdād [pusar ī Ohrmazdāfrīd] rāy ast, kū
An inscription in Middle Persian on the tombstone of a Christian from Anatolia in the 9th century AD: ēn gōr Hurdād [pusar ī Ohrmazdāfrīd] rāy ast, kū-š xvadāy bē āmurzād. az mān ī Ērānšahr, az rōdestāg Zargān, az deh Xišt This grave is the grave of Khordad, the son of HormazdAfrid, may God bless him. From the land of "Iranshahr", from the region Zargan, from the village Khesht
The terms Īrān-zamīn (“Land of Iran”) and Shahr-i Īrān (“Realm of Iran”), on a folio from an anthology prepared for the Timurid prince, Iskandar.
The terms Īrān-zamīn (“Land of Iran”) and Shahr-i Īrān (“Realm of Iran”), on a folio from an anthology prepared for the Timurid prince, Iskandar.
Arya (Iran)
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Arya was an ethnonym used by Iranians during the pre-Islamic history of Iran. In contrast to cognates of Arya used by the Vedic people and Iranic steppe nomads, the term is commonly translated using t
Iran (word)
…In Modern Persian, the word Īrān (ایران) derives immediately from 3rd-century Middle Persian Ērān (𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭), initially meaning "of the Aryans" before acquiring a geographical connotation as a reference to the lands inhabited by the Aryans. In both the geographic and demonymic senses, Ērān is…
Achaemenid Empire period relief showing a Median soldier standing behind a Persian soldier
Achaemenid Empire period relief showing a Median soldier standing behind a Persian soldier
Close up of the Behistun inscription by Darius the Great.
Close up of the Behistun inscription by Darius the Great.
Persia with part of the Ottoman Empire, 1872
Persia with part of the Ottoman Empire, 1872