Fars

E134049
historical province region

Fars is a historic province in southwestern Iran regarded as the cultural heartland of the Persian people and the birthplace of the Persian language.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Fars canonical 11
Fars Province 1
Fars Province (historical core) 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical province ⓘ
region ⓘ
borders Bushehr Province ⓘ
surface form: Bushehr Gulf coast region

Bushehr Province ⓘ
Hormozgan Province ⓘ
Isfahan region ⓘ
surface form: Isfahan Province

Kerman region ⓘ
surface form: Kerman Province

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province ⓘ
Yazd Province ⓘ
capital Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz
climate Mediterranean-influenced ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
contains Bishapur ⓘ
Firuzabad ⓘ
Naqsh-e Rajab ⓘ
Naqsh-e Rostam ⓘ
Pasargadae ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ
Qalat-e Dokhtar ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
culturalRole birthplace of the Persian language ⓘ
cultural heartland of the Persian people ⓘ
dynastyAssociatedWith Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Sasanian dynasty
ethnicGroup Persians ⓘ
etymology name derived from Old Persian Parsa ⓘ
gaveNameTo Persia ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
Iranian peoples ⓘ
surface form: Persian people
hasMountainRange Zagros Mountains ⓘ
historicalCapitalCityWithin Pasargadae ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ
historicalCapitalOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
historicalNameOf Pars ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Persis ⓘ
languageOrigin Classical Persian ⓘ
Western Persian ⓘ
surface form: New Persian
largestCity Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz
locatedIn Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Plateau

southwestern Iran ⓘ
majorCity Fasa ⓘ
Jahrom ⓘ
Kazerun ⓘ
Lar ⓘ
Marvdasht ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz
officialLanguage Persian ⓘ
partOf Iran ⓘ
religionCurrentMajority Shia Islam ⓘ
religionHistorically Zoroastrianism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin Pasargadae ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ
Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region ⓘ
The Persian Garden ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hafez → placeOfBirth → Fars ⓘ
Hafez → placeOfDeath → Fars ⓘ
Persians → historicalHomeland → Fars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fars Province
Saadi → birthPlace → Fars ⓘ
Iranian plateau → contains → Fars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fars region
King of Anshan → hasHistoricalRegion → Fars ⓘ
Qashqai → spokenIn → Fars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Iran
Middle Persian language → alternativeName → Fars ⓘ
subject surface form: Middle Persian
this entity surface form: Middle Fars
Middle Persian language → region → Fars ⓘ
subject surface form: Middle Persian
Pars → knownAs → Fars ⓘ
Parsa → locatedIn → Fars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fars Province (historical core)
Zand dynasty → territoryIncludes → Fars ⓘ
Injuids → ruledRegion → Fars ⓘ
Ibn al-Muqaffa' → birthPlace → Fars ⓘ
Achaemenid architecture → geographicRegion → Fars ⓘ
Iraq-i Ajam → borders → Fars ⓘ
Marv Dasht plain → culturalRegion → Fars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fars cultural heartland