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Persian unisex given names (8 P) Pages in category "Persian given names" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect ...
Pages in category "Persian masculine given names" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Afshin;
Persian Christians have Arabic names indistinguishable from their Muslim neighbors. They can also use Arabic derivations of Christian names (such as saints' names), or Greek , Neo-Aramaic , or Armenian names, as most Christian Iranians are Iranian Armenians , although there are also Iranian Assyrians and Iranian Georgians.
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Iskandar, Iskander, Skander, Askander, Eskinder, or Scandar (Arabic: إسكندر; Persian: اسکندر Eskandar or سکندر Skandar), is a variant of the given name Alexander in cultures such as Iran (Persia), Arabia and others throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Southeast Asia, Caucasus and Central Asia.
Esfandiyār or Espandiyār (Avestan: Spəntōδāta-; Middle Persian: Spandadāt; Persian: اسفندیار) is a legendary Iranian hero and one of the characters of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. He was the son and the crown prince of the Kayanian King Goshtasp and Queen Katāyoun. He was the grandchild of Kay Lohrasp.
The ancient Persian religion of Manichaeism made considerable use of images; not only was the founding prophet Mani (c.216–276) a professional artist, at least according to later Islamic tradition, but one of the sacred books of the religion, the Arzhang, was illustrated by the prophet himself, whose illustrations (probably essentially ...
Rostam or Rustam (Persian: رستم) is a legendary hero in Persian mythology, the son of Zāl and Rudaba, whose life and work was immortalized by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-Islamic Iranian folklore and history. However, the roots of the narrative date much earlier.