The History of Iran: Every Year

The History of Iran from 600 BCE to 2020, every year.

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Music:
Kikoru - Arriving in Ancient Rome
Sight of Wonders - The Snake Charmer
Hampus Naeselius - Hitman's Inn

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
0:11 Ancient era
0:31 Achaemenid era
1:07 Greek Occupation
1:20 Parthian era
2:32 Sasanian era
3:42 Arab Occupation
4:10 Iranian intermezzo
4:45 Seljuq Occupation
5:14 Mongol Occupation
6:00 Safavid era
6:44 Qajar era
7:08 Pahlavi era

[MrDanChandler]

Remember the olden days when Albania, Iberia, and Armenia were all next to each other?

[abdonandsennen]

Iran (Persia) is the land of brave girls and adorable Persian/Iranian Queens such as :

1. Cassandane, the beloved Persian wife of Cyrus the Great

2. Atossa, the wife of Darius the Great

3. Mumtaz Mahal, the beloved Persian wife of Shah Jahan who as one of the world's most famous symbols of love, built the Taj Mahal, one of the 7 Wonders of the World for Mumtaz Mahal. She was a lovely queen, Mumtaz Mahal used her position to promote humanitarian programs for the needy.

4. Stateira

5. The Martyred Queen "Khayr Nisa Begum" (Mahd-i Ulya) who ruled Iran for 2 years. She was the most powerful queen of the Safavid Empire, and she is the only queen who ruled the Safavid Empire.

6. Hamida Banu Begum

7. Laodice III of Pontus was a Persian princess from Pontus and the most powerful queen in the history of the Seleucid Empire, and she is the only Seleucid queen who ruled the Seleucid Empire.

8. Jeyran, the beloved Persian wife of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. She is the most influential queen of Iran during the Qajar Empire.

9. Balendukht, Queen of Georgia, the queen of one of the most popular and famous kings of Georgia, Vakhtang I of Iberia.

10. Denag I

11. Denag II

12. Rinnu, the wife of the most powerful and the greatest Parthian emperor "Mithridates I of Parthia". She was the mother of King Phraates II and ruled the Parthian Empire as regent during the minority of her son for about 6 years.

13. Perozdukht, a Persian princess and the wife of the Hephthalite king Akhshunwar, and the daughter of the Sasanian king Peroz I

14. Rodag

15. Shapurdukhtak II / Shapurdukhtak of Sakastan

16. Shapurdukhtak I

17. Zruanduxt

18. Yazdan-Friy Shapur

19. Sambice

20. Adur-Anahid

21. Murrod

22. Sayyida Shirin

23. Pantheia

24. Mandane

25. Pari-Peykar Begum, the Persian wife of Ismail II (the third Safavid king)

26. Artadokht

27. Amestris, the wife of Xerxes I

28. Apama I, the Iranian wife of Seleucus I Nicator (the founder of the Seleucid Empire). Her mother was a Persian princess

29. Parmys

30. Amytis of Persia

31. Sisygambis

32. Drypetis

33. Maryam Khanum, the wife of Lotf Ali Khan Zand

34. Shakh-e Nabat, the beloved Iranian wife of Karim Khan Zand

35. Sayyida bint Siyahgil, the Iranian Gilaki wife of the Buyid king "Adud al-Dawla" (the greatest Buyid king), and the mother of the Buyid king Samsam al-Dawla

36. Buran bint al-Hasan ibn Sahl, the favorite Persian wife of Al-Ma'mun (the most intelligent, cleverest, and handsome Abbasid caliph).

37. Shahrbanu, the Persian wife of Husayn ibn Ali (a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad), Muhammad described him and his brother, Hasan, as "the leaders of the youth of Paradise." As well as the mother of his successor, Ali ibn Husayn.

38. Yakhan Begum, the Iranian Gilaki wife of Abbas the Great

39. The Lurish wife of Abbas the Great, the sister of the Lurish ruler "Shah Verdi Khan" who was the daughter of the Lurish ruler of the Khorsidi dynasty Shahverdi Abbasi.

40. Shahpari Begum, who was Persian and the mother of the last Safavid king Abbas III, and the wife of Tahmasp II, one of the last Safavid kings.

41. Hayat, a Persian wife of Shah Ismail (the founder of the Safavid dynasty), who was a Persian poetess

42. Behruzeh Khanum, the beloved Persian wife of Shah Ismail, the founder of the Safavid dynasty

[lincorruptible]

Iranians are so lucky to have such a great civilization, the very first state from which has emerged the concept of universal empire. Iranians have achieved so much greatness over their history, developed administrative and legal notions and tools which we use now.
Had Iran not existed, civilization could not have spread around the world.
Iranian history is full of great men, like Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, Khoshrow, Bahram Chobin, Ismael Safavi, Abbas the Great, Nader Afshar...
Long live the Achaemenids, the Sassanids, the Safavids. Long live Iran.

[山田-zjv]

Love Iran from Japan. I love Iran culture and its language and history 🇮🇷🇯🇵

[petertodorov]

Big Love to the Great Nation and Civilization of Iran from your brothers in Bulgaria

[Stateira_Persia_Iran]

My favorite Safavid ruler is Queen Khayr al-Nisa Begum (Mahd-i Ulya), the mother of Shah Abbas the Great. She was martyred to defend Iran and the Iranians. The Martyr Queen Khayr al-Nisa Begum is one of the greatest women in the history of Iran. This intelligent and beautiful woman was the savior of Iran both during her precious life and after her martyrdom.

Khayr Nisa Begum was the most powerful queen of the Safavid Empire, and she is the only Safavid queen who ruled the Safavid Empire.


Her son, Abbas the Great, was the greatest emperor of the Safavid empire, and also one of the greatest and most powerful emperors in history.


The Martyr Queen Khayr Nisa Begum was a skilled horsewoman and archer. In some battles, she herself was the commander of the army.

[arashderakhshani]

the history and civilization of Iran is the pride of us Iranians.

[Queen.Stateira_Persia_Iran]

Scheherazade in One Thousand and One Nights is a Persian girl. She is a very intelligent and beautiful girl.
Scheherazade is a Persian queen who is the storyteller in One Thousand and One Nights. Scheherazade/Shahrazad is a Persian name for girls.


The story, which was written many hundreds of years ago, tells of a Arabian Sultan who married a young girl every night. At the end of every night he would send his new wife to have her head cho/pped off. He had already killed 3000 women in this way.


Until a young woman named Scheherazade came into his life. She was the most beautiful of all.

Scheherazade began by telling him the story of Ali Baba a man who found a magic cave, where thieves kept their treasures at the touch of a few words, which opened and closed the entrance to the cave. The Sultan was plunged into a whirlwind of adventures, which Scheherazade cut at dawn in half.


Leaving the story half-told, the sultan, bewitched by history, debated whether to kill Scheherazade or let her live one more night.

-Tell me the end now-he used to order his wife-now, in the dawn.
But Scheherazade was standing firm.
-Tomorrow night, my lord



The Sultan felt great regret in his heart, and every day grew more like the tide.
Scheherazade's story sounded sweeter on her lips than on any other storytellers, because when The Sultan lost himself in the events looking at her he could not take his eyes off the girl, she was so beautiful. The Sultan began to satisfy his desire for her after the tale, and the marriage was consummated in the eyes of God almost every night.

His lust was justified because the sound of her voice, Scheherazade with her delay in the stories began to make him feel an unknown hunger inside his skin for her.

Scheherazade did not even look like his people, but a woman brought from distant lands, a Persian captive.


Scheherazade kept this up for 1001 nights. She told him 1001 stories. In the end the king had fallen in love with Scheherazade and they had three children.



Centuries still remember those tales, and among the ruins of the Sultan's palace they are still remembered as lost echoes, tales in the clear voice of other storytellers, but none with the beauty that Scheherazade told them.

[Biblical.Magi_Persia_Iran]

Georgian kings were mixed with Iranians. King Vakhtang I of Iberia, one of the most famous and popular kings in the history of Georgia, had Iranian wife and mother. Balendukht, his wife was a Persian princess. And his mother was also an Iranian woman.

The Vakhtang Gorgasal Order, created in 1992, is one of the highest military decorations in Georgia.[17]

In popular memory, his image has acquired a legendary and romantic façade. Vakhtang is a subject of several folk poems and legends, extolling the king's perceived greatness, enormous physical strength, courage and devoutness to Christianity.[15]


Tradition ascribes him reorganization of the Georgian Orthodox Church and the foundation of Tbilisi, Georgia's modern capital.[1] where a street and a square bear his name, and a 1967 monument by the sculptor Elguja Amashukeli tops the Metekhi cliff. [16]

Vakhtang was officially included in the Georgian Orthodox calendar—and a church built in his honor in the city of Rustavi—early in the 1990s, but he had presumably been considered a saint long before that.

[Darius.the.Great_Queen.Atossa]

The Bible calls Cyrus the Great of Persia/Iran " the chosen man of God " as being chosen and favored for God's grand purposes, and "Messiah".

" Cyrus the Great was a remarkable leader in his benevolence and wise leadership. He ruled over the greatest empire the world had seen at the time. Yet, the most amazing thing about his life and exploits is that the Almighty God of the Bible foretold his exploits and actually named him around 200 years before he was even born. "

[rezapoladi]

I am Iranian and I am proud of the history, civilization and authenticity of my country💪

[Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane]

Long live Iran. I am so proud to be Iranian. I love my beloved Iran/Persia a lot. If our destiny was that we would come to this world twice, I would love to be born Iranian again.

Iran is the land of glorious civilizations, fragrant and beautiful flowers and gardens, brave girls, perfumes, beauty, honourable women and men, great scientists and poets, and heroes.

Scientists, culture, poets, history, innovations, inventions, philosophers, and martyrs of Persia/Iran are the pride of humanity. Persia (Iran) is one of the oldest civilizations, cultures and countries in the world.


Innovations of ancient Persia (Iran) and ancient Persian culture contributed to many of the aspects of the modern world. Persians introduced a number of novel concepts in innovations and inventions.

Iran is the land of adorable Persian Queens such as :

Cassandane

Atossa

Mumtaz Mahal

Stateira

The Martyred Queen "Khayr Nisa Begum"

Hamida Banu Begum/Maryam Makani

Laodice III of Pontus

Jeyran

Balendukht

Denag

Rinnu

Gordiya

Perozdukht

Rodag

Shapurdukhtak II / Shapurdukhtak of Sakastan

Shapurdukhtak I

Zruanduxt

Yazdan-Friy Shapur

Sambice

Adur-Anahid

Murrod

Sayyida Shirin

Pantheia

Artadokht

Azarnahid

Behruzeh Khanum, etc.

The glorious, magnificent, and advanced civilizations :

Persian culture and civilization

Elam civilization

Susa civilization

Jiroft civilization

Medes/Medians

Achaemenid Empire

Parthians

Sassanids

Buyid dynasty

Samanids

Zand dynasty

The great Persian scientists and poets such as :

Rhazes

Khayyam

Avicenna

Maryam Mirzakhani

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (al-Khwarizmi)

Pardis Sabeti

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Artachaies

Borzuya

Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Jamshid Kashani

Firouz Naderi

Cumrun Vafa

Mani

Attar

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi)

Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani

Mina J. Bissell

Manijeh Razeghi

Azadeh Tabazadeh

Bozorgmehr

Tofy Mussivand

Majid Samii

Mahsati ganjavi

Nader Engheta

Vahid Tarokh

Rouzbeh Yassini

Karim Nayernia

Alireza Mashaghi

Nabi Sarbolouki

The greatest Iranic rulers : Cyrus the Great

Darius the Great

Mithridates I the Great of Parthia

Ardashir I the Unifier

Ismail Samani

Adud al-Dawla

Karim Khan Zand

The brave warriors, generals, and grand viziers such as : Ariobarzanes the Brave

Youtab the Brave

Surena

Mirza Salman Jaberi

Nizam al-Mulk

Farrukhan the Great

The land of ancient and beautiful cities such as : Ecbatana

Susa

Anshan

Pasargadae

Persepolis

Ray

Shiraz

Tus (was an ancient city in Khorasan Province in Iran)

Isfahan

Nishapur

etc, etc.


Persian is one of the oldest living languages in the world, and Persian literature is one of the most beautiful, oldest, and richest literature in the world that has influenced the literature of European and Asian countries.

Professor Patrick Hunt "If you are looking at the greatest personages in History who have affected the World, 'Cyrus the Great' is one of the few who deserves that epithet, the one who deserves to be called 'the Great'. The empire over which Cyrus ruled was the largest the Ancient World had ever seen and maybe to this day the largest empire ever. "

In all sources, Cyrus the Great is described as a good king.

The great historians such as Will Durant, Richard N. Frye, Arthur Upham Pope, Professor Patrick Hunt, Walther Hinz, Heidemarie Koch, Charles Freeman, etc, etc, and the Great western philosophers, such as Hegel, Nietzsche, etc, etc, all respected and praised Cyrus the Great, the Persian empire and Persia. Xenophon respected and praised Persia and Cyrus the Great.


" Many historians as well as writers on human rights, have supported the interpretation of the Cyrus Cylinder as a human rights charter. "


" Cyrus the Great was a remarkable leader in his benevolence and wise leadership. He ruled over the greatest empire the world had seen at the time. Yet, the most amazing thing about his life and exploits is that the Almighty God of the Bible foretold his exploits and actually named him around 200 years before he was even born. "

[chasseuralien]

I love that style of map with the relief/climate, its really usefull and was very better for my eyes than a full white map

[Darius.the.Great_Queen.Atossa]

Long live Iran. I am so proud to be Iranian. I love my beloved Iran/Persia a lot. If our destiny was that we would come to this world twice, I would love to be born Iranian again.

Iran is the land of glorious civilizations, fragrant and beautiful flowers and gardens, brave girls, perfumes, beauty, honourable women and men, great scientists and poets, and heroes.

Scientists, culture, poets, history, innovations, inventions, philosophers, and martyrs of Persia/Iran are the pride of humanity. Persia (Iran) is one of the oldest civilizations, cultures, and countries in the world.


Innovations of ancient Persia (Iran) and ancient Persian culture contributed to many of the aspects of the modern world. Persians introduced a number of novel concepts in innovations and inventions.

Iran is the land of adorable Persian Queens such as :

Cassandane

Atossa

Mumtaz Mahal

Stateira

The Martyred Queen "Khayr Nisa Begum"

Hamida Banu Begum/Maryam Makani

Laodice III of Pontus

Jeyran

Balendukht

Denag

Rinnu

Gordiya

Perozdukht

Rodag

Shapurdukhtak II / Shapurdukhtak of Sakastan

Shapurdukhtak I

Zruanduxt

Yazdan-Friy Shapur

Sambice

Adur-Anahid

Murrod

Sayyida Shirin

Pantheia

Artadokht

Azarnahid

Behruzeh Khanum, etc.

The glorious, magnificent, and advanced civilizations :

Persian culture and civilization

Elam civilization

Susa civilization

Jiroft civilization

Medes/Medians

Achaemenid Empire

Parthians

Sassanids

Buyid dynasty

Samanids

Zand dynasty

The great Persian scientists and poets such as :

Rhazes

Khayyam

Avicenna

Maryam Mirzakhani

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (al-Khwarizmi)

Pardis Sabeti

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Artachaies

Borzuya

Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Jamshid Kashani

Firouz Naderi

Cumrun Vafa

Mani

Attar

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi)

Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani

Mina J. Bissell

Manijeh Razeghi

Azadeh Tabazadeh

Bozorgmehr

Tofy Mussivand

Majid Samii

Mahsati ganjavi

Nader Engheta

Vahid Tarokh

Rouzbeh Yassini

Karim Nayernia

Alireza Mashaghi

Nabi Sarbolouki

The greatest Iranic rulers : Cyrus the Great

Darius the Great

Mithridates I the Great of Parthia

Ardashir I the Unifier

Ismail Samani

Adud al-Dawla

Karim Khan Zand

The brave warriors, generals, and grand viziers such as : Ariobarzanes the Brave

Youtab the Brave

Surena

Mirza Salman Jaberi

Nizam al-Mulk

Farrukhan the Great

The land of ancient and beautiful cities such as : Ecbatana

Susa

Anshan

Pasargadae

Persepolis

Ray

Shiraz

Tus (was an ancient city in Khorasan Province in Iran)

Isfahan

Nishapur

etc, etc.


Persian is one of the oldest living languages in the world, and Persian literature is one of the most beautiful, oldest, and richest literature in the world that has influenced the literature of European and Asian countries.

Professor Patrick Hunt "If you are looking at the greatest personages in History who have affected the World, 'Cyrus the Great' is one of the few who deserves that epithet, the one who deserves to be called 'the Great'. The empire over which Cyrus ruled was the largest the Ancient World had ever seen and maybe to this day the largest empire ever. "

In all sources, Cyrus the Great is described as a good king.

The great historians such as Will Durant, Richard N. Frye, Arthur Upham Pope, Professor Patrick Hunt, Walther Hinz, Heidemarie Koch, Charles Freeman, etc, etc, and the Great western philosophers, such as Hegel, Nietzsche, etc, etc, all respected and praised Cyrus the Great, the Persian empire and Persia. Xenophon respected and praised Persia and Cyrus the Great.


" Many historians as well as writers on human rights, have supported the interpretation of the Cyrus Cylinder as a human rights charter. "


" Cyrus the Great was a remarkable leader in his benevolence and wise leadership. He ruled over the greatest empire the world had seen at the time. Yet, the most amazing thing about his life and exploits is that the Almighty God of the Bible foretold his exploits and actually named him around 200 years before he was even born. "

[uvuvwevwevweosas]

Persian history and culture fascinates me a lot as a Turk. It is like a source which when you get there transforms you into an another being.

When in Persia, nomadic steppe lords like Turks becomes statesmen, scientist, poets and renounce their past. Maybe you can relate it to their less established cultures and them being nomads.

But even Alexander the Great rejected his roots and described himself as the Persian Emperor despite the countless years of wars and huge greek culture.

Persia is really something else...

[Cyrus.the.Great_Cassandane]

Iran (Persia) is the land of great Scientists, Emperors, adorable Queens, philosophers, poets, ancient cities, ancient civilizations such as :

1. Elam civilization

2. Cyrus the Great

3. Rhazes

4. Cassandane

5. The Persian Achaemenid Empire


6. Jiroft civilization

7. Susa civilization

8. Persian culture and civilization

9. Khayyam

10. Atossa

11. Ariobarzanes the Brave

12. Youtab the Brave

13. Darius the Great

14. Parthian Empire

15. Mumtaz Mahal

16. Stateira

17. Susa

18. Persepolis

19. Surena

20. Shapur II the Great

21. Bubares

22. Mani

23. Jamshid al-Kashi

24. Borzuya

25. Maryam Mirzakhani

26. Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

27. Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

28. Avicenna

29. Khwarizmi

30. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

31. Yaqub Leis

32. Sassanids

33. Ferdowsi

34. Pasargadae

35. Artystone

36. Ecbatana

37. Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani

38. Sayyida Shirin

39. Khayr al-Nisa Begum

40. Pantheia

41. Artadokht

42. Azarnahid

43. Artachaies

44. Bozorgmehr

45. Suhrawardi

46. Pardis Sabeti

47. Manijeh Razeghi

48. Mina J. Bissell

49. Azadeh Tabazadeh

50. Sara Zahedi

51. Firouz Naderi

52. Cumrun Vafa

53. Majid Samii

54. Hamida Banu Begum, also known by the title Maryam Makani

55. Behruza

56. Balendukht

57. Ardashir the Unifier

58. Shahrbanu

59. Farrukhan the Great

60. Azadokht

[всечто-лй]

I love Iran! My brother, s people!!! From in Tajikistan

[Cnut_the_grape]

Iran conquering land: oh yeah, it's all coming together.

Iran a few decades later: oh no, it's all falling apart.

[Darius.the.Great_Queen.Atossa]

Rhazes of Persia (Iran) was the greatest Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and important figure in the history of medicine. Rhazes is widely considered one of the most important figures in the history of medicine.[2] He was born in Ray (in Tehran province), Iran.


Rhazes is considered the father of psychology and psychotherapy, the father of pediatrics, a pioneer in ophthalmology, making leading contributions in inorganic and organic chemistry, also the author of several philosophical works, and also first to categorize the Hospital dept.


Rhazes also discovered numerous compounds and chemicals including alcohol and sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid today is used to make many substances from fertilizers to detergents and has impacted everything from agriculture to our domestic lives. A nation’s industrial strength can also be gauged by the amount of sulfuric acid that it produces.


A comprehensive thinker, Rhazes made fundamental and enduring contributions to various fields, which he recorded in over 200 manuscripts, and is particularly remembered for numerous advances in medicine through his observations and discoveries.[4] He also wrote on logic, astronomy and grammar.[7]


As a teacher of medicine, Rhazes attracted students of all backgrounds and interests and was said to be compassionate and devoted to the service of his patients, whether rich or poor.[11]


Through translation, his medical works and ideas became known among medieval European practitioners and profoundly influenced medical education in the Latin West.[9] Some volumes of his work Al-Mansuri, namely "On Surgery" and "A General Book on Therapy", became part of the medical curriculum in Western universities.[5]
Some volumes of his work Al-Mansuri, namely "On Surgery" and "A General Book on Therapy", became part of the medical curriculum in Western universities.[9]



Additionally, he has been described as the father of pediatrics, [14][15] and a pioneer of obstetrics and ophthalmology.[16] For example, he was the first to recognize the reaction of the eye's pupil to light.[15] He was the first to clinically distinguish between smallpox and measles, and suggest sound treatment for the former.[8]

[S.C.P.I]

Iranians have the greatest empires in history. Long live Iran.