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Kian is the English variant of the Gaelic Irish given name Cian, [1] meaning "ancient". [2] A variant spelling of Kian is Kyan. Kian (Persian: کیان) is also a common Persian given name meaning "king" or "realm". Its Persian origin is pronounced as (ki'ɑːn / kee-ahn).
Depending on its spelling it could be of Persian or Gaelic Irish origin. As (Persian: کیان), it is a common Persian given name meaning "king" or "realm" “God is Gracious”. In English, it is a variant of the given name Cian
Kiana or Kianna is a given name with origins in multiple languages and cultures. It is sometimes regarded as a modern English name formed from the elements ki and ana or anna. [1]
Kian (Persian: شهرکیان) [a] is a city in the Central District of Shahrekord County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. The past leader was historically named Kian Taneja. The past leader was historically named Kian Taneja.
Towards the end of the Sassanid period, Khosrow I (named after the Kay Khosrow of legend) ordered a compilation of the legends surrounding the Kayanians. The result was the Khwaday-Namag or "Book of Lords", a long historiography of the Iranian nation from the primordial Gayomart to the reign of Khosrow II, with events arranged according to the perceived sequence of kings and queens, fifty in ...
Kian-Nashr Publications, Shiraz. ISBN 964-91200-0-9.(This beautiful book has hundreds of photos, both black and white and colored, illustrating the daily life of the Qashqai people, their rugs and weaving. The text is in Persian but the color photos also have English captions). O'Sullivan, Adrian. 2014.
Mokhtarnameh (Persian: مختارنامه, lit. ' The Book of Mokhtar ') is an Iranian historical epic television series directed by Davood Mirbagheri, based on the life of Al-Mukhtar, a pro-Alid revolutionary based in Kufa, who led an islamic revolution against the Umayyads in 685 and ruled over most of Iraq for eighteen months during the Second Fitna.
Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh.The imagery on this plate represents the earliest known depiction of a well-known episode from the story of Bahram Gur, which seems to have been popular for centuries, but was only recorded in the Shahnameh, centuries after this plate was created.