Greater Iran

E24358
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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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Greater Iran canonical 46
Iranian cultural sphere 3
Persian Iraq 2

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 (59)

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

Persian language → usedAsLinguaFrancaIn → Greater Iran ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script → usedInLiteratureOf → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persianate world
Mongol → influencedRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
subject surface form: Mongols
this entity surface form: Persia
Ramin → nameDayRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iran (informal, cultural)
Ramin → associatedWithRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Parsis → ancestralOrigin → Greater Iran ⓘ
Iranian languages → historicalRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Shahnameh → countryOfOrigin → Greater Iran ⓘ
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
Greater Iran → cultureInfluencedBy → Greater Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iranian civilization
Baloch people → historicalRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Iranian peoples → historicalRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Olana → namedAfter → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Persian region of Aran (Olana)
Judeo-Iranian languages → historicalRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Iranian plateau → culturalRegionOf → Greater Iran ⓘ
Khorasan → locatedIn → Greater Iran ⓘ
Shahanshah of Persia → associatedWithRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Afsharid Empire → historicalRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Parthian Empire → locatedIn → Greater Iran ⓘ
Sasanian Empire → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
Persian literature → hasCulturalCenter → Greater Iran ⓘ
Buyid dynasty → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
motaqareb metre → usedInRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
legendary Pishdadian dynasty → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
subject surface form: Pishdadian dynasty
Nowruz celebrations → culturalOrigin → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iranian cultural sphere
Iranian studies → focusesOn → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iranian cultural sphere
Iranian studies → focusesOn → Greater Iran ⓘ
Avestan language → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
Avestan script → usedInRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Persian culture → geographicSpread → Greater Iran ⓘ
Shams-e Tabrizi → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
Jamshid → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
Jalali calendar → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
Persis → locatedIn → Greater Iran ⓘ
Mishkat al-Anwar → placeOfCompositionApprox → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Iraq
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
Afghan invasions → historicalRegion → Greater Iran ⓘ
Abbasid Revolution → location → Greater Iran ⓘ
Sijistan → partOf → Greater Iran ⓘ
eastern Iran → historicallyPartOf → Greater Iran ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Iran
Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
Arash → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
Persian medicine → developedIn → Greater Iran ⓘ
Jafar Tabrizi → regionOfActivity → Greater Iran ⓘ
Gawhar Shad → regionOfInfluence → Greater Iran ⓘ
Mongol conquest of the Khwarezmian Empire → location → Greater Iran ⓘ
Qavam al-Din → region → Greater Iran ⓘ
Iraq-i Ajam → alternativeName → Greater Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Iraq