Capitals of Persia

Persia (Iran) has had numerous capital cities and royal centers throughout its history.

• Anshan; pre-Achaemenid era
• Ardabil; early Safavid era
• Asaak, Parthian era royal center
• Babylon; Achaemenid era
• Baghdad; caliphates, Jalayerid, Buyid
• Bukhara; Taherid dynasty, Samanid
• Ctesiphon; Parthian, Sassanid era
• Shahr-e Qumis (Hecatompylos); Parthian era
• Gor (Firuzabad); Sassanid era
• Isfahan; Ziyarid dynasty, Seljuk era, Safavid era
• Istakhr, Sassanian era
• Ecbatana (later Hamadan), Median Empire, Achaemenid era, Seljuks (Greater and Iraq Seljuks)
• Kunya Urgench; early Khwarezmid era
• Maragheh; Ilkhanid
• Mashad; Afsharid
• Merv; capital during al-Mamun's caliphate, and Taherid era
• Nishapur; Ilkhanid, Seljuq, Taherid eras
• Nisa, Turkmenistan; periodical capital of the Parthian era
• Pasargadae; Achaemenid
• Persepolis; Achaemenid grand capital
• Rey (Rhagae); Median
• Qazvin; early Safavid era
• Samarkand; Khwarazmid, Timurid era
• Shiraz; Buyid dynasty, Zand dynasty
• Susa; Achaemenid, Parthian era
• Tabriz; Ilkhanid, Khwarezmid
• Sari; Quajar
• Tehran; Qajar Empire, Pahlavi Dynasty, Islamic Republic of Iran 1796–2018

See also

• Iran
• Ancient Iran

External links

• Capital cities in Encyclopedia Iranica