Persian, predominant ethnic group of iran (formerly known as persia) Today, three dialects of persian are used as official languages It is spoken by about 130 million people, mainly in iran, afghanistan and tajikistan, and also in uzbekistan, iraq, russia and azerbaijan.
Smarthistory – Ancient Persia, an introduction
Persians, or the persian people, are an iranian ethnic group from west asia
They are indigenous to the iranian plateau and comprise the majority of the populat.
The first persian empire, founded by cyrus the great around 550 b.c., became one of the largest empires in history, stretching from europe’s balkan peninsula in the west to india’s indus. The history of the persian language is divided into three eras Scholars recognize three major dialect divisions of persian Farsi, or the persian of iran
And tajik, a variant spoken tajikistan in central asia. Iranian persian (persian, western persian, or farsi) is spoken in iran, and by minorities in iraq and the persian gulf states Eastern persian (dari persian, afghan persian, or dari) is spoken in afghanistan.
