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(Encyclopedia)Persia pûr´zh, –sh [key], old alternate name for the Asian country Iran. The article Iran contains a description of the geography and economy of the modern country and a short account of its h...Bassett, James
(Encyclopedia)Bassett, James bs´t [key], 1834–1906, American Presbyterian missionary, b. Canada. In 1872, under the auspices of the American Board, he founded the first American mission at Tehran, Persia (no...Tahmasp
(Encyclopedia)Tahmasp tä´mäsp [key], 1514–76, shah of Persia (1524–76), son and successor of Ismail and the second of the Safavid dynasty. He successfully repulsed persistent invasions by the Uzbeks. Sulayma...Ismail
(Encyclopedia)Ismail smäl´ [key], 1486–1524, shah of Persia (1502–24), founder of the Safavid dynasty. He restored Persia to the position of a sovereign state for the first time since the Arab invasion of...Nasir ad-Din
(Encyclopedia)Nasir ad-Din nä´sr äd-dn [key], 1831?–1896, shah of Persia (1848–96). He and his able vizier, Mirza Taqi Khan, were responsible for shaking Persia from a long period of inertia. He traveled...Turkmanchai, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia)Turkmanchai, Treaty of toorkmänch´ [key], 1828, agreement signed by Russia and Persia at the village of Turkmanchai (Torkaman), East Azerbaijan prov., NW Iran. It concluded the Russo-Persian war...Gulistan, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia)Gulistan, Treaty of goolstän´ [key], 1813, signed by Russia and Iran (Persia) at Gulistan, a village in what is now NW Azerbaijan. It ended the Russo-Persian war that had begun in 1804. Persia c...Tughril Beg
(Encyclopedia)Tughril Beg toog´rl bg [key], 990–1063, founder of the Seljuk Turk dynasty ruling (11th–14th cent.) parts of Anatolia, Iraq, Persia, and Syria. He was early successful in conquests with his...White Huns
(Encyclopedia)White Huns or Hephthaliteshf´thlts [key], people of obscure origins, possibly of Tibetan or Turkish stock. They were called Ephthalites by the Greeks, and Hunas by the Indians. There is no de...Fath Ali Shah
(Encyclopedia)Fath Ali Shah fäth äl´ shä´, fät [key], also spelled Feth Ali Shah, 1762–1834, shah of Persia (1797–1834), nephew and successor of Aga Muhammad Khan, founder of the Qajar dynasty. Most of ...Browseby Subject
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