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	Encyclopedia: Afsharid dynasty
		The Afsharids were an Iranian dynasty that ruled Persia in the 18th century and were based in Khorasan.
		The Qajar dynasty was the ruling family of Persia from 1796 to 1925.
		The dynasty was born with Nadir Shah, who proclaimed himself the Shah of Iran in 1736.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Afsharid-dynasty (1530 words)

	Achaemenid dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Achaemenid Dynasty (Hakamanishiya in the Old Persian (Avestan ??) language - transliterated Hakamanshee in Modern Persian) - was a dynasty in the ancient Persian Empire.
		Cyrus II is considered to be the first king of the Achaemenid dynasty to be properly called so, as his predecessors were subservient to Media.
		An important Achaemenid artifact is the Cyrus Cylinder, a declaration issued by Cyrus the Great, son of the founder of the dynasty.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Achaemenid_dynasty (2192 words)

	Safavids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Safavids were an Iranian dynasty that ruled from 1501 to 1736, and which established Shi'a Islam as Iran's official religion and united its provinces under a single Iranian sovereignty, thereby reigniting a pre-Islamic Persian identity and acting as a bridge to modern Iran.
		The Safavid dynasty had its origins in a long established Sufi order, called the Safaviyeh, which had flourished in Azerbaijan since the early 14th century.
		The Afghans rode roughshod over their conquered territory for a dozen years but were prevented from making further gains by Nadir Shah Afshar, a former slave who had risen to military leadership within the Afshar Turkoman tribe in Khorasan, a vassal state of the Safavids.
	www.toshare.info /en/Safavid_Dynasty.htm (2372 words)

	Iranian monarchy - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		For most of its existence the Iranian monarchy had been an absolute monarchy, although there were attempts to reform it into a constitutional monarchy in the early twentieth century and following World War II.
		The modern Iranian monarchy was established in 1502 after the Safavid Dynasty came to power under Shah Ismail I, and ended the so-called "fourth era" of political fragmentation.
		The monarchy was abolished in 1979 when a revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini forced Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (one of two people who held the title Shah of Iran, and the one most often referred to as such) into exile, and established an Islamic Republic in its place.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Shah_of_Iran (173 words)

	Parthians: parthians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The end of this loosely organized empire came in 224 CE, when the last king was defeated by one of the empire's vassals, the Persians of the Sassanid dynasty.
		Initially, a king named Arsaces established his dynasty independence from Seleucid rule in remote areas of northern Persia (what is today known as Turkmenistan) ca 250 BCE, where his descendants of the same name ruled until Antiochus III the Great briefly made them submit to Seleucid authority again in 206 BCE.
		It was not until the 2nd century BCE that the Parthians profited from the continuing erosion of Seleucid power and gradually captured all of their territories east of Syria.
	winelib.com /wiki/Parthians (2911 words)

	Sassanid dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Sassanid dynasty (also Sassanian) was the name given to the kings of Persia during the era of the second Persian Empire, from 224 until 651, when the last Sassanid shah, Yazdegerd III, lost a 14-year struggle to drive out the Umayyad Caliphate, the first of the Islamic empires.
		This sword and chapes from the Sassanid dynasty is on exhibit at the Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution.
		Although the Kushan empire declined at the end of the 3rd century, leading to the rise to power of an indigenous Indian dynasty, the Guptas, in the 4th century, it is clear that Sassanid influence remained relevant in the north-west of India.
	guideofpills.com /Sassanid_dynasty.html (3920 words)

	A brief history of Iran
		In succeeding centuries, Persia was invaded by the Parthians, the Arabs, the Mongols and various Turkish dynasties.
		Another Turkish dynasty, the Safavids, took control in the 16th century, only to be ousted by yet another Turkish tribe, the Qajar, in the 18th century.
		It was during his reign that Persia once again came to be known in Europe as a superpower, because it was the greatest opponent of the Ottomans, and their wars saved Europe, the Ottomans being too occupied on the east fighting Iran to make headway in the west.
	www.sitara.com /iran/history.html (687 words)

	Nadir Shah - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Nadir Shah (Nadir Qoli Beg) (October 22, 1688 - June, 1747) was a Shah of Persia who ruled 1736-1747 and who was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty.
		With 5000 supporters Nadir supported the Safavid dynasty ruler Tahmpas II in his war against the Afghan usurper Mahmud Ghilzai.
		Later, Nadir deposed Tahmpas II and placed his infant son Abbas III on the trone, declaring himself regent in 1732.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Nadir_Shah (350 words)

	Nadir Shah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nadir Shah (Nadir Qoli Beg, also Tahmasp-Qoli Khan) (October 22, 1688 - June, 1747) ruled as shah of Iran (1736–47) and was the founder of the short-lived Afsharid dynasty.
		During the struggle between Adil Shah, his brother Ibrahim Khan and Nadir's grandson Shah Rukh almost all provincial governors declared independence, established their own states, and the entire Empire of Nadir Shah fell into anarchy.
		Finally, Karim Khan founded the Zand dynasty and became ruler of Iran by 1760, while Ahmad Shah Durrani had already proclaimed independence in the east, marking the foundation of modern Afghanistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nader_Shah (946 words)

	Seleucid - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Silver coin of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Dynasty in 323 BC Seleucus, one of his generals, established himself in Babylon in 312 BC, used as the foundation date of the Seleucid Empire.
		Aside from the secessions of Parthia and Bactria, Seleucus II was soon dramatically defeated in the Third Syrian War against Ptolemy III of Egypt, then had to fight a civil war against his own brother Antiochus Hierax.
		In Asia Minor too, the Seleucid dynasty seemed to be losing control -- Gauls had fully established themselves in Galatia, semi-independent semi-Hellenized kingdoms had sprung up in Bithynia, Pontus, and Cappadocia, and the city of Pergamum in the west was asserting its independence under the Attalid Dynasty.
	encyclopedia.maksiu.info /wiki/Seleucid (1937 words)

	Elam - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The outstanding event of this period was the virtual conquest of Elam by Shulgi of the 3rd dynasty of Ur (c.
		After two centuries for which little is known, the Middle Elamite period opened with the rise to power of the Anzanite dynasty, whose homeland probably lay in the mountains northeast of Khuzestan.
		In Babylonia, however, the 2nd dynasty of Isin led a native revolt against such control as the Elamites had been able to exercise there, and Elamite power in central Mesopotamia was eventually broken.
	www.unipedia.info /Elam.html (2711 words)

	History of Iran: Afsharid Dynasty (Nader Shah)
		ader Shah or King Nader (1688-1747), the founder of Afsharid Dynasty, an enigmatic figure in Iranian history ruled from 1736 - 1747 A.D. Nader Shah, or Nader Qoli Beg was born in Kobhan, Iran, on October 22, 1688, into one of the Turkish tribes loyal to the Safavid shahs of Iran.
		He was the son of a poor peasant, who lived in Khorasan and died while Nader was still a child.
		They deposed the reigning Shah of the Safavid dynasty in 1722.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/afsharids/afsharids.php (821 words)

	Persian Empire: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran).
		The Sassanid (or Sassanian) dynasty (named for Ardashir's grandfather) was the first native Persian ruling dynasty since the Achaemenids; thus they saw themselves as the successors of Darius and Cyrus.
		Persia found relative stability in the Qajar dynasty, ruling from 1779 to 1925, but lost hope to compete with the new industrial powers of Europe; Persia found itself sandwiched between the growing Russian Empire in Central Asia and the expanding British Empire in India.
	winelib.com /wiki/Persian_Empire (4196 words)

	Ilkhanate Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It was based, originally, on Genghis Khan's campaigns in the Khwarezmid Empire in 1219-1224, and the continual expansion of Mongol presence under the commands of Chormagan, Baiju, and Eljigidei.
		The founder of the Ilkhanate dynasty was Hulegu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan and brother of Kublai Khan.
		After the accession of his brother Kublai Khan, Hulegu returned, and the succession thereafter continued through his family--the true start of the Il-Khans, a term which means "subordinate khan", and refers to their initial deference to Kublai in ultimate sovereignty.
	localcolorartists.com /encyclopedia/Ilkhanate (587 words)

	Qajar dynasty - Information
		The Qajar dynasty was the ruling family of Persia from 1781 to 1925.
		The dynasty was founded in 1781 by Agha Muhammad Khan, of Iranian Turk origin, He defeated the last ruler of the Zand dynasty in 1796 but was himself assassinated only a year later.
		Qajars Dynasty Turkoman dynasty of the Shahs of Persia
	www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Qajar_dynasty (312 words)

	History of Persia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Iran.
		Iran's earliest known kingdom was the proto-Elamite Empire, followed by the Median Empire; but it is the Achaemenid Empire that emerged under Cyrus II the Great that is usually the earliest to be called "Persian." Successive states in Iran before 1935 are collectively called the Persian Empire by historians.
		The Achaemenid dynasty was the first line of Persian rulers, founded by Achaemenes, chieftain of the Persians around 700 BC.
	www.firebird.cn /wiki/History_of_Persia (3732 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Persian Kings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Achaemenid dynasty, 550-330 BC Achaemenes, founder of the dynasty, king of Persia.
		In 253, the Arsacid Dynasty established itself in Parthia.
		While the White Sheep Turcomans dominated in the western parts until the ascent of the Safavid dynasty, the Timurides could maintain their rule in Samarkand and Herat.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Persian_Kings (1330 words)

	Achaemenid Dynasty Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In any case, the name Achaemenid has been commonly accepted for the line of Persian kings beginning at least with Darius I. When the name refers to the entire line of early Persian rulers, including Cyrus II and his son Cambyses, the Achaemenid era stretches from about 650 to 330 BC.
		Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twenty-Seventh and Thirty-First Dynasties.
		The Twenty-Sixth, Twenty-Seventh, Twenty-Eighth, Twenty-Ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-First Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Late Period.
	thearts.us /encyclopedia/Achaemenid_dynasty (2266 words)

	Medes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		If the account of Herodotus may be trusted, the Medes' dynasty derived its origin from Deioces (Daiukku), a Mede chieftain in the Zagros, who was, along with his kinsmen, transported by Sargon to Hamath (Haniah) in Syria in 715 BC.
		In the second half of the 7th century BC, the Medes gained their independence and were united by a dynasty.
		Thus the partition of the country, that Persia had introduced, became lasting; the north was named Atropatene (in Pliny, Atrapatene; in Ptolemy, Tropatene), after the founder of the dynasty, a name still said to be preserved in the modern Azerbaijan.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Medes (2087 words)

	Afsharid dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Nadir Shah or King Nadir (1688-1747), the founder of Afsharid Dynasty, an enigmatic figure in Iranian history ruled from 1736 - 1747 A.D. Nadir Shah, or Nadir Qoli Beg was born in Kobhan, Iran, on October 22, 1688, into one of the Turkish tribes loyal to many Safavid shahs of Iran.
		He was the son of a very poor peasant, who lived in the city of Khorasan and died while Nadir was still a child.
		They deposed the reigning Shah of the Safavid dynasty in around 1722.
	afsharid-dynasty.ask.dyndns.dk (855 words)

	Articles - Parthia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		250 BCE, a king named Arsaces established his dynasty's independence from Seleucid rule in remote areas of northern Iran in what is today known as Turkmenistan, where his descendants of the same name ruled until Antiochus III the Great briefly made them submit to Seleucid authority again in 206 BCE.
		It was not until the 2nd century BCE that the Parthians were able to profit from the continuing erosion of the Seleucid Empire, gradually capturing all its territories east of Syria.
		An interesting detail is coinage: legends were written in the Greek alphabet, a practice that continued until the 2nd century CE, when local knowledge of the language was in decline and few people knew how to read or write the Greek alphabet.
	www.milliondata.com /articles/Parthia (2744 words)

	Gardeshyaran International Tours and Travel Agency
		Afsharid & Zand (1729 - 1779)'>Afsharid & Zand (1729 - 1779)
		The Arsacid Dynasty of Parthians capture Khorasan from the Seleucids
		Qajar Dynasty over thrown and plans prepared to establish a republic with Reza Khan as its president by parliament.
	www.gardeshyaran.com /history/index.asp (605 words)

	AFTER THE FALL OF SASANIAN DYNASTY
		Despite all this, by the end of the Safavid dynasty (1400 AD) there were 3 to 5 million Zoroastrians in Iran (nearly one fifth of Iran's Population).
		The Caspian province of Mazandaran was ruled by a Zoroastrian dynasty known as Pâduspiân until 1006 Hijri.
		The Afghan revolt was defused by Nâdar Shah of Afsharid dynasty (1736-47).
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/History/Post-Sasanian/after_fall.htm (2833 words)

	Seljuk Turks - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Seljuk Turks (also Seldjuk, Seldjuq, Seljuq; in Turkish SelÃ§uklu; in Arabic Ø³ÙØ¬ÙÙ SaljÅ«q, or Ø§ÙØ³ÙØ§Ø¬ÙØ© al-SalÄjiqa; in Persian Ø³ÙØ¬ÙÙÙØ§Ù SaljÅ«qiyÄn) were a major branch of the Oghuz Turks and a dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries.
		The Seljuks migrated from the north Iranian provinces in Central Asia into mainland Iran formerly known as Persia.
		As the dynasty declined in the middle of the 13th century, the Mongols invaded Anatolia in the 1260s and divided it into small emirates called the Anatolian beyliks, which in turn were later conquered by the Ottomans.
	encyclopedia.maksiu.info /wiki/Seljuk_Turks (455 words)

	Buyid
		During the 900s, Buwayhid dynasties took power in Fars (southwestern Iran, 934-1062); Rayy (977-1029); Jibal (932-1028); Kerman (936-1048).
		From 945-1055, a Buwayhid dynasty ruled Baghdad and most of Iraq.
		During the mid 1000s the Buwayhid dynasties all fell to the Seljuks or their allies.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Buyid (231 words)

	Articles - Pahlavi dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In 1925 a specially convened assembly deposed Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last ruler of the Qajar dynasty, and named Reza Khan, who earlier had adopted the surname (last name) Pahlavi, as the new shah.
		The Pahlavi Dynasty was succeeded by an even more repressive Islamic government under Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979.
		Soon after, most of the Shah's reforms were displaced, industrial and economical progress halted, and a devastating war with Iraq ensued leaving Iran in economical ruins with millions of casulties.
	supportize.com /articles/Pahlavi_dynasty (1338 words)

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