Persian

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Indo-Iranian ethnic group Iranian people ethnic group

Persian refers to the Iranian ethnic group historically centered in Persia (modern-day Iran), renowned for its influential role in the Achaemenid Empire and broader Middle Eastern history and culture.

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Iranian ethnic group ⓘ
Iranian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWithEmpire Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Afsharid Empire ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
Qajar Iran ⓘ
surface form: Qajar dynasty

Safavid Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Timurid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Timurid Empire
countryOfPrimaryResidence Iran ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Central Asian culture ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
Ottoman culture ⓘ
South Asian culture ⓘ
demographicMajorityIn Iran ⓘ
ethnonymFor Persians ⓘ
historicalCapital Ctesiphon ⓘ
Isfahan ⓘ
Pasargadae ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz
historicalCenter Iranian plateau ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
historicalDynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid dynasty

Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Sasanian dynasty
historicalLanguageName Farsi ⓘ
historicalLanguageOfAdministrationIn Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
historicalLanguageOfCultureIn Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
historicalReligion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
historicalSelfDesignation Arya ⓘ
language Persian language ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
majorBranchOfIslam Twelver Shia ⓘ
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
minorityReligion Baha'i Faith ⓘ
surface form: Baháʼí Faith

Christianity ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
notablePoets Ferdowsi ⓘ
Hafez ⓘ
Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Rumi ⓘ
Saadi ⓘ
notableReligionBeforeIslam Zoroastrianism ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
region Iranian plateau ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
relatedEthnicGroup Tajiks ⓘ
surface form: Afghan Tajiks

Baloch people ⓘ
surface form: Baloch

Kurds ⓘ
Lurs ⓘ
Tajiks ⓘ
selfDesignation Irani ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
traditionalArchitectureStyle Persian architecture ⓘ
traditionalArtForm Persian calligraphy ⓘ
Persian carpet ⓘ
Persian miniature painting ⓘ
surface form: Persian miniature
traditionalLiterature Persian poetry ⓘ
UNESCOHeritageAssociated Golestan Palace ⓘ
Shah Mosque of Isfahan ⓘ
surface form: Meidan Emam, Isfahan

Persepolis ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Persian alphabet

Referenced by (19)

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

Cyrus the Great → ethnicGroup → Persian ⓘ
Faizi → ethnicGroup → Persian ⓘ
Ferdowsi → ethnicGroup → Persian ⓘ
Parysatis II → ethnicGroup → Persian ⓘ
Roxane → ethnicGroup → Persian ⓘ
Rumi → ethnicGroup → Persian ⓘ
Saadi → ethnicGroup → Persian ⓘ
al‑Hallaj → ethnicGroup → Persian ⓘ
subject surface form: al-Hallaj
Aphrahat → ethnicOrigin → Persian ⓘ
Achaemenes → ethnicity → Persian ⓘ
Avicenna → ethnicity → Persian ⓘ
Bardiya → ethnicity → Persian ⓘ
Sibawayh → ethnicity → Persian ⓘ
ota → hasInfluenceFrom → Persian ⓘ
subject surface form: Ottoman Turkish
Pontic Greek → influencedBy → Persian ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah
tanka → scriptOnCoin → Persian ⓘ