Persians

E24698

Iranian peoples ethnic group

Persians are an Iranian ethnic group historically centered in modern-day Iran, renowned for their rich cultural heritage, literature, and influential empires such as the Achaemenid and Sassanian.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Persians canonical	102
Persia	10
Achaemenid Persians	2
Persian Empire	1
Persian people	1
Persians (historically)	1
Persians discovered mountain path	1

Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian peoples ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedEmpire	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Afsharid Empire ⓘ Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ Parthian Empire ⓘ Qajar Iran ⓘ surface form: Qajar dynasty Safavid Empire ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ
capitalOfHistoricalEmpire	Ctesiphon ⓘ Pasargadae ⓘ Persepolis ⓘ Susa ⓘ
celebrates	Nowruz celebrations ⓘ surface form: Nowruz Yalda Night ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Iran ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Nowruz celebrations ⓘ surface form: Nowruz Persian architecture ⓘ Persian carpet ⓘ Persian literature ⓘ Persian miniature painting ⓘ surface form: Persian miniature Persian music ⓘ Persian poetry ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Caucasus ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ Islamic Golden Age ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
diaspora	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnonymOrigin	Pars ⓘ Parsa ⓘ
historicalHomeland	Fars ⓘ surface form: Fars Province Persis ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Middle Persian language ⓘ surface form: Middle Persian Old Persian ⓘ
historicalReligion	Manichaeism ⓘ Hellenistic religion ⓘ surface form: Mithraism Zoroastrianism ⓘ
historicalScript	Old Persian cuneiform ⓘ Pahlavi script ⓘ
language	Persian language ⓘ surface form: Farsi Persian language ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
majorCity	Isfahan ⓘ Mashhad ⓘ Shiraz, Iran ⓘ surface form: Shiraz Tabriz ⓘ Tehran ⓘ
notableRuler	Cyrus the Great ⓘ Darius I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Darius I Khosrow I ⓘ Shapur I ⓘ Xerxes I ⓘ
notableScientist	Al-Biruni ⓘ Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ Avicenna ⓘ
notableWriter	Ferdowsi ⓘ Hafez ⓘ Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ Omar Khayyam ⓘ Rumi ⓘ Saadi ⓘ
primaryRegion	Iran ⓘ
relatedGroup	Azerbaijanis ⓘ Baloch people ⓘ surface form: Baloch Kurds ⓘ Lurs ⓘ Tajiks ⓘ
religion	Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalCuisine	ash reshteh ⓘ chelow kabab ⓘ fesenjan ⓘ ghormeh sabzi ⓘ tahdig ⓘ
traditionalReligionMinority	Baha'i Faith ⓘ surface form: Baháʼí Faith Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic alphabet ⓘ surface form: Arabic script Perso-Arabic script ⓘ surface form: Persian alphabet

Referenced by (118)

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

Persian language → spokenBy → Persians ⓘ

Neo-Babylonian Empire → conflict → Persians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaemenid Persians

Persian Jews → countryOfOrigin → Persians ⓘ