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Capitals of Persia

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Regional and Imperial capitals of Persia (Iran):

Map of Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

  • Anshan; early Achaemenid era
  • Ardabil; early Safavid era
  • Babylon; Achaemenid era
  • Baghdad; caliphates, Jalayerid, Buyid
  • Bukhara; Taherid dynasty, Samanid
  • Ctesiphon; Parthian, Sassanid era
  • Damghan; Parthian era
  • Firouzabad; Sassanid era
  • Isfahan; Seljuk, Safavid era
  • Hamedan or ("Ecbatana"); Median Empire, Achaemenid era, Seljuks (Greater and Iraq Seljuks)
  • Kunya Urgench; early Khwarezmid era
  • Maragheh; Ilkhanid
  • Mashad; Afsharid
  • Merv; capital during al-Mamun's caliphate, and Taherid era
  • Nishapur; Ilkhanid, Seljuq, Taherid eras
  • Nisa, Turkmenistan; periodical capital of the Parthian era
  • Pasargadae; Achaemenid
  • Persepolis; Achaemenid
  • Rey; Median
  • Qazvin; early Safavid era
  • Samarkand; Khwarazmid, Timurid era
  • Shiraz; Buyid dynasty, Zand dynasty
  • Susa; Achaemenid, Parthian era
  • Tabriz; Ilkhanid, Khwarezmid, Safavid
  • Tehran; 1796–present
  • References

    Capitals of Persia Wikipedia