Iranian Georgians
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Iranian Georgians or Persian Georgians are Iranian citizens who are ethnically Georgian. Present day Georgia was a subject of Iran in ancient times under the Achaemenid and Sassanian empires, spanning
Safavid courtiers leading Georgian captives. A mid-16th century Persian textile panel from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Shah Suleiman I and his courtiers, Isfahan, 1670. Painter is Aliquli Jabbadar, and is kept at The Saint Petersburg Institute of Oriental Studies in Russia, ever since it was acquired by Tsar Nicholas II. Note the Georgian letters at the top left.
A shop in Fereydunshahr with Georgian signage
Fereydan
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Fereydan is a region of Isfahan Province, Iran.
Iranian Georgians
…of people in Iran. The center of Georgians in Iran is Fereydunshahr, a small city, 150 km to the west of Isfahan in the area historically known as Fereydan. In this area there are 10 Georgian towns and villages around Fereydunshahr. In this region the old Georgian identity is retained the best compared to…
Fereydan
The mountain that stands like a wall between the Georgians of Fereydan (Fereydunshahr, Sibak, Choqyurt and Nehzatabad) in the south and those of Buin va Miandasht, Afus, Dashkasan and Aghche in the north
Sibak
Georgian alphabet in Fereydunshahr