Iranian national historyThe Iranian national history or national tradition is the collective historical memory of the pre-Islamic Iranians. It combines legendary accounts about the Pishdadians and Kayanians with historical elements about the Arsacids and Sasanians into a coherent national myth of Greater Iran. Based on the references found in the Avesta, the core of the national history had already formed during the Young Avestan period (c. 900 – c. 400 BCE).
Pishdadian dynastyThe Pishdadian dynasty (Persian: دودمان پیشدادیان, romanized: Dudmân-e Pishdâdiyân) is a mythical line of primordial kings featured in Zoroastrian belief, Persian mythology and Iranian national history. They are presented in legend as originally rulers of the world but whose realm was eventually limited to Ērānshahr or Greater Iran.
New PersianNew Persian (Persian: فارسی نو), also known as Modern Persian (Persian: فارسی نوین), is the current stage of the Persian language spoken since the 8th to 9th centuries until now in Greater Iran and surroundings. It is conventionally divided into three stages: Early New Persian (8th/9th centuries), Classical Persian (10th–18th centuries), and Contemporary Persian (19th century to present).
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YashtYasht (Middle Persian: 𐭩𐭱𐭲, yšt') is a Middle Persian term for sacrifice or worship. It commonly applies to the collection of 21 Yashts, although it may also refer to other texts within the wider Avesta collection. EtymologyThe English word yasht is derived from Middle Persian (yšt', "prayer, worship").
ShahShāh (; Persian: شاه [ʃɒːh] ) is a royal title meaning 'king' in Persian. Though chiefly associated with the monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Persianate societies and non-Islamic kingdoms, such as the Ottoman Empire, the Khanate of Bukhara and the Emirate of Bukhara, the Mughal Empire, the Maratha Empire, the Bengal Sultanate, and various Afghan dynasties, as well as among Gurkhas.
Greater IranSociocultural region in West and Central Asia A map showing the geographic extent of ancient Iranian peoples—the Parthians and the Scythians—around 170 BC.
ShahnamehEpic poem by FerdowsiPlate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh. The imagery on this plate represents the earliest known depiction of a well-known episode from the story of Bahram Gur, which seems to have been popular for centuries, but was only recorded in the Shahnameh, centuries after this plate was created. Iran, c. 5th century A.D.Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe Shahnameh, also romanizedShahnama (lit.
Kayanian dynastyThe Kayanians (Persian: دودمان کیانیان, romanized: Dudmân-e Kayâniyân; also Kays, Kayanids, Kaianids, Kiyani, Kayani, or Kiani) are a legendary dynasty of Persian/Iranian tradition and folklore which supposedly ruled after the Pishdadians, each of whom held the title Kay (such as Kay Khosrow), meaning "king".
Persian languageWestern Iranian languageThis article contains Persian text. Without proper , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols.Persian, also known as Farsi, is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.
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EpigraphyThe Rosetta Stone in the British MuseumInscription on the pedestal of the statue of Michel Ney from ParisTamil inscription on Brihadeshwara temple, Thanjavur, IndiaTrilingual inscription of Xerxes I at Van Fortress in TurkeyEpigraphy (from Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ) 'inscription') is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.
FolkloreExpressive culture shared by particular groupsA German folk tale, Hansel and Gretel; illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1909Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs, poems, and jokes. This also includes material culture, such as traditional building styles common to the group.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.