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Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

epic poem An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants. ...

'' Shāhnāma'' by Ferdowsi:

'' Irān and Turān''

* Amol از آمل گذر سوی تمیشه کرد / نشست اندر آن نامور بیشه کرد * Kābolسوی کشور هندوان کرد رای / سوی کابل و دنبر و مرغ و مای * Zabolestān * Balkh *

Estakhr Istakhr (Middle Persian romanized: ''Stakhr'', fa, اصطخر, translit=Istakhr also spelt استخر in modern literature) was an ancient city in Fars province, north of Persepolis in southwestern Iran. It flourished as the capital of the Pers ...

همی رفت شادان به اصطخر پارس / که اصطخر بد بر زمین فخر پارس * Madāyen * Tamishah * Sistān *

Nimruz Nimruz or Nimroz (Dari: ; Balochi: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southwestern part of the country. It lies to the east of the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran and north of Balochistan, Pakistan, also borde ...

* Herāt * Bostز قَنُّوج تا مرز کاولستان / همان تا در بُست و زاولستان *

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Ghazni Ghazni ( prs, غزنی, ps, غزني), historically known as Ghaznain () or Ghazna (), also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana ( gr, Αλεξάνδρεια Ωπιανή), is a city in southeastern Afghanistan ...

* Bāmyānدگر پنجهیر و در بامیان / سر مرز ایران و جای کیان * Kandahārکه باشد که پیوند سام سوار / نخواهد ز اهواز تا قندهار *

Merv Merv ( tk, Merw, ', مرو; fa, مرو, ''Marv''), also known as the Merve Oasis, formerly known as Alexandria ( grc-gre, Ἀλεξάνδρεια), Antiochia in Margiana ( grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐν τῇ Μαργιανῇ) and ...

Zibad Zibad ( fa, زيبَد, also Romanized as Zībad) is a village in Zibad Rural District, Kakhk District, Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4243, in 1701 families. Zibad, which means beautiful i ...

* Gharchagān * Tāleqānدگر طالقان شهر تا فاریاب / همیدون در بلخ تا اندرآب * Fāryāb * Bokhārā * Kashmir * Andarāb * Panjhir *

Termez Termez ( uz, Termiz/Термиз; fa, ترمذ ''Termez, Tirmiz''; ar, ترمذ ''Tirmidh''; russian: Термез; Ancient Greek: ''Tàrmita'', ''Thàrmis'', ) is the capital of Surxondaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. Administratively, it i ...

* Khatlanسپاهی بیامد بدین سان ز چین / ز سقلاب و ختلان و توران زمین * Badakhshānدگر مولیان تا در بدخشان / همینست ازین پادشاهی نشان * Gowzgānān * Azarābādgān * Pārs * Ahvāz * Rey *

Damghan Damghan ( fa, دامغان, translit=Dāmghān) is the capital of Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 57,331, in 15,849 families. It is situated east of Tehran on the high-road to Mashad, at an elevat ...

* Moolian * Soghd * Māy * Margh * Ermān * Alānān * Ghannoj *

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...

* Baytolmoghaddas/Dez Hookht Kang * Tātār * Toor * Danbar/Danbal * Dahestānدهستان و گرگان همه زیر نعل / بکوبید و زِ خون کنید آب لعل * Roodābadز رودابد و شیر تا مرز تور / ازآن بخش گیتی بنزدیک و دور * Sāriز دریای گیلان چُن ابر سیاه / دُمادُم به ساری رسیده سپاه * Sebenjab/Sepijab * Sagsār * Shir * Shirkhān * Terāz * Toos * Kermān * Gorzbān * Gorgān * Goorāb/Goorābad/Goorābe * Māvaronnahr *

Ardabil Ardabil (, fa, اردبیل, Ardabīl or ''Ardebīl'') is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaija ...

Esfahān Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Region, Isfahan Province, Iran. It is lo ...

* Khorāsān *

Khazar The Khazars ; he, כּוּזָרִים, Kūzārīm; la, Gazari, or ; zh, 突厥曷薩 ; 突厥可薩 ''Tūjué Kěsà'', () were a semi-nomadic Turkic people that in the late 6th-century CE established a major commercial empire coverin ...

* Samarghand * Gilān * Makrān * Neshāboor * Gorganj *

Jahrom Jahrom ( fa, جهرم, also known as Jahrūm) is a city and capital of Jahrom County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 141,634. Jahrom is the largest city in south of Fars Province and the second one in whole province ...

Halab )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

Daylam Daylam, also known in the plural form Daylaman (and variants such as Dailam, Deylam, and Deilam), was the name of a mountainous region of inland Gilan, Iran. It was so named for its inhabitants, known as the Daylamites. The Church of the East es ...

* Ram Ardashir * Gundishapur * Samangan (not to be confused with today

Samangan Province Samangan (Dari: ; Pashto: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located north of the Hindu Kush mountains in the central part of the country. The province covers and is surrounded by Sar-e Pol Province in the west, Balkh in the ...

) * Siavashgerd *

Khotan Hotan (also known as Gosthana, Gaustana, Godana, Godaniya, Khotan, Hetian, Hotien) is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Western China. The city proper of Hotan broke off from the larger Hotan County to become ...

Plains

* Dasht-e Sovārān-e Neyze-gozār * Dasht-e Ghahtān * Dasht-e Gordān * Dasht-e Yalān

Mounts

Damavand Mount Damavand ( fa, دماوند ) is a dormant stratovolcano, the highest peak in Iran and Western Asia and the highest volcano in Asia and the 2nd highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere (after Mount Kilimanjaro), at an elevation of . ...

* Alborzkouh * Hendoukesh (also referred to as Hendoukouh) * Sepidkouh * Kooh-e Sepand * Dābe kooh/Rābeh kooh

Rivers

* Jayhoon (also referred to as Amoodarya) *

Helmand Helmand (Pashto/Dari: ; ), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the south of the country. It is the largest province by area, covering area. The province contains 13 ...

* Kāse rood * Arvandrood * Darya-ye Chin * Darya-ye Bikand * Darya-ye Gilan * Roode Rey * Draya-ye Send

Other

* Mazandaran (not to be confused with today Mazandaran Province) * Hamavaran (possibly

Himyarite Kingdom The Himyarite Kingdom ( ar, مملكة حِمْيَر, Mamlakat Ḥimyar, he, ממלכת חִמְיָר), or Himyar ( ar, حِمْيَر, ''Ḥimyar'', / 𐩹𐩧𐩺𐩵𐩬) (fl. 110 BCE–520s CE), historically referred to as the Homerit ...

) * Mesrکه رستم به مصر و به بربر چه کرد / بران شهریاران به روز نبرد * Barbar * Barbaristan *

Rûm Rūm ( ar, روم , collective; singulative: Rūmī ; plural: Arwām ; fa, روم Rum or Rumiyān, singular Rumi; tr, Rûm or , singular ), also romanized as ''Roum'', is a derivative of the Aramaic (''rhπmÈ'') and Parthian (''frwm'') ...

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

* Chin * Hend * Andalos * Babel *

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

* Makke * Jeddah *

Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest ...

* Gorgsārān * Shāmیکی با گهر مرد با گنج و نام / درفشی برافراخت از مصر و شام

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