Persia (disambiguation)
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Persia may refer to the following:
Persia is also a fictional empire from the Middle-Eastern folk tale, Aladdin
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- IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, the country's exonym, officially and unofficially, in the West until 1935 was Persia. In that year the official exonym was equated with the ancient endonym, Iran, per Reza Shah Pahlavi's request. Unofficial use of the exonym by both Iranians and non-Iranians continues to this day. - Quajari PersiaQajar dynastyThe Qajar dynasty was an Iranian royal family of Turkic descent who ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925....
- Fars Province, a province in Iran, Fars being Persian, for Persia
- Persis or Pārs, a historic region in southwest Persia and the original power base of Achaemenids
- Persian Empire
- Persia, California
- SS Persia (1900), British ocean liner sunk by U-boat in 1915
- Persia (EP)Persia (EP)Persia is an album by The Church, released in August 1984. The follow-up to February 1984's Remote Luxury, the Persia EP continues in a similar stylistic vein. Brighter in feel than its earlier companion EP, it is usually regarded as the stronger of the two...
, 1984 extended-play record by Australian rock band The Church - Persia, the Magic Fairy, a 1984 magical girl anime series by Studio Pierrot
- Persia, IowaPersia, IowaAs of the census of 2000, there were 363 people, 141 households, and 104 families residing in the city. The population density was 794.9 people per square mile . There were 145 housing units at an average density of 317.5 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.45% White, 0.28%...
Persia is also a fictional empire from the Middle-Eastern folk tale, Aladdin
Aladdin
Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
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See also
- Persia (name)
- Persian (disambiguation)
- List of Persia-related topics
- Prince of PersiaPrince of PersiaPrince of Persia is a platform game, originally developed by Jordan Mechner and released in 1989 for the Apple II, that represented a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in video games....