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Iran in the Bible - English
URL: http://www.farsinet.com/iranbibl/

History of Persia and Persian Kings according to the Bible. What the Bible Says About Persia, Kings of Persia, Nazarene Christians, History of the Christians in Iran.

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Cyrus - English
URL: http://www.oznet.net/cyrus/

Cyrus the Great; A historical account; his life and aceivements, persian army, Cyrus palace at Pasargade & links to other sites of ancient histiory.

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Аббас-Мирза - Russian
URL: http://encycl.yandex.ru/cgi-bin/art.pl?art=bse/00000/05800.htm&encpage=bse&mrkp=

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(26.8.1789 - 25.10.1833), государственный деятель Ирана, наместник в Азербайджане и наследник Фетх-Али-шаха Каджара. Играл руководящую роль в управлении государственными делами и во внешней политике Ирана. Во время русско-иранской войны 1826-28, а также ирано-турецкой войны 1821-23 командовал Иранскими войсками.

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Аббас I - Russian
URL: http://encycl.yandex.ru/cgi-bin/art.pl?art=bse/00000/05400.htm&encpage=bse&mrkp=

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Аббас I (27.1.1571 - 19.1.1629), шах Ирана (с мая 1587) из династии Сефевидов, крупный военачальник. Опирался преимущественно на ту часть Иранских феодалов, которая была заинтересована в поддержке сильной центральной власти, а также на крупное купечество.

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Iranology - English
URL: http://www.iranology.com/

This is the first version of Iranology.com, a web site dedicated to the study of Iran, its history, and its culture.

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История Ирана - Russian
URL: http://hist1.narod.ru/NT/Glav2/260.html

В то время, когда османские султаны пытались смирить кочевников Малой Азии и восстановить Империю, основанную на заветах ислама, - в это время на обширных пространствах Иранского нагорья продолжали господствовать кочевые орды.

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The Iranian Revolution - Past, Present and Future - English
URL: http://www.marxist.com/iran/

Dedicated to the heroic youth of Iran, who rose up on 8 July 1999 against the tyranny of the mullahs and shook the regime to its rotten foundations, inspiring the workers and youth of the whole world.

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Iran History - English
URL: http://www.emulateme.com/history/iranhist.htm

Historical Setting.

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Iran: History - English
URL: http://www.sanibrite.ca/iran/

This page is dedicated to all Iranians and lovers of Iran who would never consent to the decay of their Motherland... The site focuses on Iran or Iranian petition, Iranian views, messages that are reflected to Iranian Human Rights, stoning, flagging, execution. Referendum…

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Iran's history in brief - English
URL: http://www.salamiran.org/IranInfo/General/History/

The written history of Iran begins with the early Achaemenids, some 2,500 years ago, but since then till the dawn of Islam in Iran, all that is available on the Iranian history has been written by the ancient Greeks, who were then Iran's greatest enemies. So, the pre-Islamic historical sources are not completely reliable although there are indications that Greek historians often faithfully recorded the facts.

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Iran in the Bible - English
URL: http://www.farsinet.com/iranbibl/links.html

Iran in the Bible - History of Persia and Persian Kings according to the Bible. Wise Men of the East, also called Magi, or Three Kings of the Orient. In Matthew, noble pilgrims followed a star to Israel to pay homage to the newborn Christ Child (See Pilgrim). They asked King Herod the Great for assistance in finding the child. Herod could not help them but asked the men to return with news of the child. Warned in a dream, they did not return to Herod. Magi, priestly caste in ancient Persia. They are thought to have been followers of Zoroaster, the Persian teacher and prophet, and they professed the doctrines of Zoroastrianism. By the 1st century AD, the magi were identified with wise men and soothsayers.

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Tambr - Persian Iranian Stamps - Online Museum of Persian Stamps - English
URL: http://www.farsinet.com/tambr/

Online museum of Persian stamps and their history.

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Nader Shah - English
URL: http://www.farsinet.com/mashhad/nader_shah.html

Nader Shah (King Nader), the founder of Afshar dynasty, ruled from 1736 - 1747 A.D. Nader Shah's tomb and museum is located in a beautiful garden setting at the heart of the city. It is a major tourist attraction and is located less than a mile north of Imam Reza's Haram (Shrine) at a major intersection.

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Library of Congress / Iran - English
URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/irtoc.html

US Library of Congress - History of Iran, descriptions of social structures, religious life, economy, and much more.

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Nowrouz Pirouz (Persian) - Persian
URL: http://www.iranian.com/Mar96/Features/Nowrouz1.html

History of the Persian New Year - The history of Nowrouz in Farsi.

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History Of The Christians In Iran - A book by Zarin Behravesh Pakizegi - English
URL: http://www.farsinet.com/iranbibl/historyof/

The Christians in Iran from the First to the Seventh Centuries. The Christians in Iran during the Arab and Islamic Occupation. The Safavids and the Early Missionary Effort. The Ghajar Dynasty and the Protestant Missionaries.

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Ferdowsi - World Famous Iranian Poet - English
URL: http://www.farsinet.com/mashhad/ferdowsi.html

Ferdowsi was born in Khorasan in a village near Toos, in 940. His great epic the Shahnameh, to which he devoted most of his adult life, was originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan, who were the chief instigators of the revival of Persian cultural traditions after the Arab conquest of the seventh century.

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Imam Reza and History of His Shrine - English
URL: http://www.farsinet.com/mashhad/haram.html

Hamza ibne Qahtabah, the Abbasid army commander who had led the war against the Ommayids was appointed by Mansur and Al-Mahdi, the Abbasid caliphs as the Governor of Khorasan.

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The Mausoleum of Esther and Mordecai in Hamadan, Iran - English
URL: http://www.farsinet.com/hamadan/esther.html

The present building of this mausoleum, which is visited by Jewish pilgrims from all over the world, has nothing to speak about from the architectural point of view. Under its simple brick dome there are two graves with some Hebrew inscription up on the plaster work of the wall.

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The Achaemenian Ganjnameh [Treasure Inventory] in Hamadan, Iran - English
URL: http://www.farsinet.com/hamadan/ganjnameh.html

The Achaemenian Ganjnameh [Treasure Inventory] is a lengthy inscription in cuneiform script, composed in three parts [in old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian] and carved on the face of two rocks of some two meters in height, in the mountain Alvand.

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