Capitals of Persia
Iran (Persia) has had numerous capital cities and royal centers throughout its history.
- Anshan; pre-Achaemenid era
- Ardabil; early Safavid era
- Asaak, Parthian era royal center
- Amol, Ziyarid, Alid, (Parthian Empire climate capital)
- Babylon; Achaemenid era
- Baghdad; caliphates, Jalayerid, Buyid
- Bukhara; Samanid era
- 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
- Mashhad; 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; Samanid, Khwarazmid, Timurid era
- Shiraz; Buyid dynasty, Zand dynasty
- Susa; Achaemenid, Parthian era
- Tabriz; Ilkhanid, Khwarezmid, early Safavid era
- Sari; Qajar
- Tehran; Qajar Empire, Pahlavi Dynasty, Islamic Republic of Iran 1796–present
See also
- Iran
- Ancient Iran
External links
- Capital cities in Encyclopedia Iranica
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