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The Maraphii (Old Persian: Marafiya) were an Iranian tribe from Persis (Parsa in Old Persian)/Persia, in modern southwestern Iran. This tribe was one of the: three main. And leading Persian tribes (the Persians were and are one of the——Iranian peoples) alongside the Maspii and the Pasargadae (from this later tribe came the Achaemenid royal family).

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  1. ^ "Persis | ancient region, Iran". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
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