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Iran (Persia) has had numerous capital cities and royal centers throughout its
history .
Ahar ;
Pishkinid dynasty
Anshan ; pre-
Achaemenid era
Ardabil ; early
Safavid era,
Sajid
Asaak ; Parthian era royal center
Astara ;
Ispahbads of Gilan
Alamut Castle ;
Nizari Ismaili state
Amol ;
Ziyarid ,
Alavid ,
Marashis ,
Dabuyid ,
Bavandid ,
Chalavi , (
Parthian Empire climate capital)
Babylon ;
Achaemenid era
Baghdad ; caliphates,
Jalayerid ,
Buyid
Balkh ; in legend, the governmental center of the
Kayanian dynasty
[1]
Bardsir ;
Banu Ilyas
Basra ;
Jalayerid
Bukhara ;
Samanid era
Ctesiphon ; Parthian,
Sassanid era
Damavand ;
Masmughans of Damavand
Dinavar ;
Hasanwayhids
Diyarbakır ;
Aq Qoyunlu
Fuman ;
Dabuyid
Farim (Perim);
Bavandid
Firozkoh ;
Ghurid
Firuzkuh ;
Chalavi
Shahr-e Qumis (Hecatompylos);
Parthian era
Ghazna ;
Ghurid ,
Khwarazmid ,
Ghaznavid
Gor (Firuzabad) ;
Sassanid era
Gorgan (Astarabad);
Ziyarid ,
Alavids
Herat ;
Ghurid ,
Kartids ,
Timurid Empire
Hulwan ;
Annazids
Ij (Ig);
Shabankara
Isfahan ;
Ziyarid dynasty ,
Kakuyid Emirate ,
Injuid dynasty ,
Seljuk era,
Safavid era
Istakhr ; Sassanian era
Izeh (Idaj);
Hazaraspids
Ecbatana (later
Hamadan );
Median Empire ,
[1]
Achaemenid era,
[1]
Eldiguzids ,
Seljuks (Greater and Iraq Seljuks)
Kerman ;
Muzaffarid ,
Qutlugh-Khanids
Khorramabad ;
Khorshidi dynasty
Kunya Urgench ; early Khwarezmid era
Lafur ;
Qarinvand dynasty
Lankaran ;
Talysh Khanate
Lahijan ;
Karkiya dynasty
Maragheh ; Ilkhanid,
Ahmadilis ,
Sajid
Mashhad ;
Afsharid
Merv ; capital during
al-Mamun 's caliphate, and Taherid era, Seljuk Empire
Mosul ; winter capital during
Qara Qoyunlu
Nakhchivan ;
Eldiguzids
Nishapur ; Ilkhanid, Seljuq, Taherid eras
Nisa, Turkmenistan ; periodical capital of the
Parthian era
Pasargadae ;
Achaemenid
[1]
Persepolis ;
Achaemenid grand capital
[1]
Rey (Rhagae);
Median ,
Ziyarid ,
Buyid ,
Seljuk Empire
Rudbar ;
Justanids
Qazvin ; early
Safavid era
Sabzevar ;
Sarbadars
Samarkand ;
Samanid , Khwarazmid, Timurid era
Shiraz ; Buyid dynasty,
Injuid dynasty ,
Muzaffarid dynasty ,
Salghurid dynasty ,
Zand dynasty
Soltaniyeh ;
Ilkhanid
Susa ;
Achaemenid , Parthian era
Tabriz ; Ilkhanid, Khwarezmid,
Rawadid ,
Chupanid ,
Jalayerid ,
Eldiguzids ,
Kara Koyunlu ,
Aq Qoyunlu , early
Safavid era
Tarom ;
Sallarid
Sari ; Qajar, Dabuyid, Alavid, Bavandid, Marashis
Yazd ;
Kakuyid ,
Atabegs of Yazd
Zaranj ;
Saffarid Empire ,
Mihrabanid ,
Nasrid
Tehran ;
Qajar Empire ,
Pahlavi dynasty ,
Islamic Republic of Iran 1796–present
See also
References
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e Shahbazi, A. Shapur; Bosworth, C. Edmund (2000).
"Capital Cities" . In
Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition . Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. Retrieved 4 February 2024 .