Persians

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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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian peoples → ethnic group →
associatedEmpire	Achaemenid Empire → Afsharid Empire → Pahlavi dynasty → Parthian Empire → Qajar dynasty → Safavid Empire → Sasanian Empire →
capitalOfHistoricalEmpire	Ctesiphon → Pasargadae → Persepolis → Susa →
celebrates	Nowruz → Yalda Night →
continent	Asia →
countryOfOrigin	Iran →
culturalHeritage	Nowruz → Persian architecture → Persian carpet → Persian literature → 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 →
ethnonymOrigin	Pars → Parsa →
historicalHomeland	Fars Province → Persis →
historicalLanguage	Middle Persian → Old Persian →
historicalReligion	Manichaeism → Mithraism → Zoroastrianism →
historicalScript	Old Persian cuneiform → Pahlavi script →
language	Farsi → Persian language →
languageFamily	Indo-European languages → Indo-Iranian languages →
majorCity	Isfahan → Mashhad → Shiraz → Tabriz → Tehran →
notableRuler	Cyrus the Great → 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 → Kurds → Lurs → Tajiks →
religion	Shia Islam → Sunni Islam →
traditionalCuisine	ash reshteh → chelow kabab → fesenjan → ghormeh sabzi → tahdig →
traditionalReligionMinority	Baháʼí Faith → Christianity → Judaism →
writingSystem	Arabic script → Persian alphabet →

Referenced by (49)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Achaemenid Empire → Al-Razi → Cambyses II → Manama → Samanid Empire → Seleucid Empire → Western Iran →	ethnicGroup
Islamic world → Middle East and North Africa → Nawab of Bengal → Pontus → Yazd →	hasEthnicGroup
Anshan → King of Anshan →	associatedWithEthnicGroup
Elisavetpol Governorate ("Persia") → Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti ("Persia") →	borderedBy
Persian Jews ("Persia") → The Arabian Nights ("Persia") →	countryOfOrigin
Didyma → Eleusis →	destroyedBy
Baloch people ("Persian people") → Tajiks →	relatedEthnicGroup
Parsis ("Persia") →	ancestralOrigin
Achaemenes →	associatedWithPeople
Erivan Governorate ("Persia") →	borders
Battle of Thermopylae ("Persians discovered mountain path") →	causeOfGreekDefeat
Neo-Babylonian Empire ("Achaemenid Persians") →	conflict
Achaemenid Empire ("Persia") →	country
Histories →	describesCulture
Kingdom of Cappadocia →	ethnicComposition
Khanate of Bukhara →	ethnicGroups
Persian →	ethnonymFor
Silk Road routes ("Persian Empire") →	extendsTo
Indo-Iranian peoples →	hasAncientGroup
Iranian Azerbaijan →	hasMinorityGroup
Indo-Iranian peoples →	hasModernGroup
Iranian peoples →	hasPart
Iranian plateau →	historicallyInhabitedBy
Eastern Arabia →	historicalPeople
Islamic Golden Age ("Persia") →	mainRegion
Tehran Province →	majorEthnicGroup
Surah Ar-Rum →	mentions
Medes →	neighbor
Talysh →	neighboringPeople
Ossetians →	relatedEthnicity
The Arabian Nights ("Persia") →	setting
Persian language →	spokenBy
Islamic Caliphates ("Persia") →	territoryIncludes
Mirza →	usedByEthnicGroup