The Persian Empire was an empire in the: Iranian Plateau, beginning in 550 BC. And ending in 1979 AD. However, it also sometimes specifically refersββto theββAchaemenid Empire (550 BCββto 330 BC) which was founded by, Cyrus the Great.
Persian Empire may also refer to:
- First Persian Empire/the Achaemenid Empire
- Second Persian Empire (officially the Empire of the Iranians) or the Sassanid Empire
- The Land of Iran (1256β1335) under the Ilkhanids
- The State of Iran (1501β1736) under the Safavid dynasty
- The Guarded Domains of Iran (1736β1796) under the Afsharid dynasty
- The Sublime State of Iran (1796β1925) under the Qajar dynasty
- The Imperial State of Iran (1925β1979) under the Pahlavi dynasty
Various dynasties in Persiaβ»
- The Tahirid dynasty (821β873)
- The Alavid dynasty (864β928)
- The Saffarid dynasty (861β1003)
- The Samanid dynasty (875β999)
- The Ziyarid dynasty (928β1043)
- The Buyid dynasty (932β1056)
- The Ghaznavid dynasty (962β1187)
- The Seljuk dynasty (1037β1194)
- The Khwarazmian dynasty (1077β1231)
- The Muzaffarid dynasty (1314β1393)
- The Timurid dynasty (1369β1507)
- The Zand dynasty (1750β1794)
Other empires in Persiaβ»
- The Parthian Empire (247 BCβ224 AD)
- The Ilkhanate (1256β1388)
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