Greater Iran

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civilizational area cultural region historical region

Greater Iran refers to the historical and cultural region influenced by Iranian (Persian) civilization, encompassing parts of the modern Middle East, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and South Asia.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Persianate world 2
Iran (informal, cultural) 1
Iranian civilization 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civilizational area ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Greater Iran ⓘ
surface form: Iranian cultural sphere

Greater Iran ⓘ
surface form: Iranian world

Greater Iran ⓘ
surface form: Persianate world
characterizedBy Iranian art and architecture ⓘ
shared courtly and literary culture ⓘ
shared legal and administrative traditions ⓘ
spread of Persian language ⓘ
spread of Persian literature ⓘ
coreArea Iran ⓘ
coreLanguage Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
culturalConceptUsedIn Central Asian studies ⓘ
Iranian studies ⓘ
Middle Eastern studies ⓘ
cultureInfluencedBy Greater Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iranian civilization

Persia ⓘ
surface form: Persian civilization
hasInfluenceOn Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Golden Age culture

Persianate courts in South Asia ⓘ
Turko-Persian culture ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Buyid dynasty ⓘ
Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Ghaznavid dynasty

Mongol Ilkhanate ⓘ
surface form: Ilkhanate

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire

Parthian Empire ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
Samanid Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Seljuk Empire ⓘ
Timurid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Timurid Empire
includesRegion Afghanistan ⓘ
Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: Anatolia (parts)

Caucasus ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Greater Khorasan

Mesopotamia ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Sogdia ⓘ
surface form: Transoxiana

parts of Iraq ⓘ
parts of Pakistan ⓘ
parts of Turkmenistan ⓘ
parts of Uzbekistan ⓘ
parts of the Caucasus republics ⓘ
parts of the Persian Gulf region ⓘ
mainLanguageFamily Iranian languages ⓘ
notIdenticalTo modern state of Iran ⓘ
religiousTraditions Islam ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
timePeriod antiquity to early modern period ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Greater Iran → alsoKnownAs → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iranian cultural sphere
Greater Iran → alsoKnownAs → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persianate world
Greater Iran → alsoKnownAs → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iranian world
Parsis → ancestralOrigin → Greater Iran ⓘ
Ramin → associatedWithRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Shahnameh → countryOfOrigin → Greater Iran ⓘ
Iranian plateau → culturalRegionOf → Greater Iran ⓘ
Greater Iran → cultureInfluencedBy → Greater Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iranian civilization
Afsharid Empire → historicalRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Baloch people → historicalRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Iranian languages → historicalRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Iranian peoples → historicalRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Mongol → influencedRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
subject surface form: Mongols
this entity surface form: Persia
Khorasan → locatedIn → Greater Iran ⓘ
Parthian Empire → locatedIn → Greater Iran ⓘ
Ramin → nameDayRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iran (informal, cultural)
Olana → namedAfter → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Persian region of Aran (Olana)
Buyid dynasty → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
Sasanian Empire → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persianate world