Persian people

Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khurasani أبو مسلم عبد الرحمن بن مسلم الخراساني (ca. 700 - 755), Abbasid general, was the son of a Persian Zoroastrian, born in Balkh (back then Khurasan, now Afghanistan). ...more on Wikipedia about "Abu Muslim"

Al-Muqanna or the "veiled one" was a Persian prophet who was viewed as a heretic by mainstream Muslims. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-Muqanna"

Amin Razi (Amīn Rāzī) was 16th century Persian geographer and author of an encyclopedia called haft iqlīm (seven climes). ...more on Wikipedia about "Amin Razi"

Arsames (Old Persian Aršâma) was the son of Ariaramnes and King of Persia until it was subsumes into the Persian Empire by Cyrus II of Persia. His son was Hystaspes, later satrap of Parthia, and his grand-son Darius the Great, later Great King of Media and Persia. Arsames died after 520, under the reign of his grand-son. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arsames of Persia"

Artabanus the Hyrcanian is an obscure historical figure who was reportedly Regent of Persia for a few months ( 465 BC - 464 BC). ...more on Wikipedia about "Artabanus of Persia"

Artabazus was the name of a satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia (now northwest Turkey), under the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Artabazus"

Ala'iddin Ata-ul-Mulk Juvayni ( 1226 - 1283) was a Persian historian who wrote the famous Tarikh-i-Jehan Ghusha (finished in 1259CE). ...more on Wikipedia about "Ata al-Mulk Juvayni"

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Bessus (died summer 329 BC) was a Persian nobleman and satrap of Bactria and Sogdiana, and later self-proclaimed king of Persia. He is best known for murdering and usurping his king, Darius III, after the Persian army had been defeated by Alexander the Great. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bessus"

Firishta or Ferishta (c. 1560 - c. 1620), given name Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah was a Persian historian. Firishta was born at Astrabad, on the shores of the Caspian Sea. While he was still a child his father was summoned away from his native country into Hindustan, where he held high office in the Deccan; and by his influence the young Firishta received court promotion. In 1589 Firishta removed to Bijapur, where he spent the remainder of his life under the immediate protection of the shah Ibrahim Adil II, who engaged him to write a history of India. In the introduction to his work a rsum is given of the history of Hindustan prior to the times of the Muhammedan conquest, and also of the victorious progress of the Arabs through the East. The first ten books are each occupied with a history of the kings of one of the provinces; the eleventh book gives an account of the Mussulmans of Malabar; the twelfth a history of the Mussulman saints of India; and the conclusion treats of the geography and climate of India. Firishta is reputed one of the most trustworthy of the Oriental historians, and his work still maintains a high place as an authority. Several portions of it have been translated into English; but the best as well as the most complete translation is that published by General J. Briggs under the title of The History of the Rise of the Mahometan Power in India ( London, 1829, 4 vols. 8vo). Several additions were made by Briggs to the original work of Firishta, but he omitted the whole of the twelfth book, and various other passages which had been omitted in the copy from which he translated. ...more on Wikipedia about "Firishta"

Gordafarid is one of the heroines in Ferdowsi's Shahnama. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gordafarid"

Hydarnes son of Hydarnes was an eminent Persian, the commander of the Ten Thousand Immortals during the time of the Persian Wars with Greece. Hydarnes led the Immortals in Xerxes' expedition against Greece. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hydarnes"

Ibn Maja, full name Abu `Abdallah Muhammad ibn Yazid Ibn Maja al-Rab`i al-Qazwini, was a medieval scholar of hadith (the sayings of Muhammad). He compiled the last of Sunni Islam's six canonical hadith collections, Sunan Ibn Maja. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ibn Maja"

Jean Althen (1709-1774) was a Persian agronomist, who developped in France the cultivation of madder. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean Althen"

(List of ancient Persians) == Median Dynasty== ...more on Wikipedia about "List of ancient Persians"

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Mahommed Kasim Ferishta (ca. 1570-ca. 1611), Persian historian, was born at Astrabad on the shores of the Caspian Sea. While he was still a child his father was summoned away from his native country into Hindustan, where he held high office in the Deccan; and by his influence the young Ferishta received court promotion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mahommed Kasim Ferishta"

Mardonius (d. 479 BC) was a Persian commander during the Persian Wars with Greece in the 5th century BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mardonius"

Megabazus was a highly regarded Persian general under Darius. Most information about him comes from The Histories by Herodotus. Troops left behind in Europe after a failed attempt to conquer the Scythians were put under the command of Megabazus. He was given a mission to conquer Thrace, in which he defeated several cities, including Perinthus and Paeonia. He then removed the Paeonians from their homeland and brought them to Darius in Sardis. Megabazus was suspicious of Histiaeus and advised Darius to bring him to Susa to keep a closer eye on him. His suspicions turned out to be true as Histiaeus provoked a revolt in the town he was formally in charge of and later sided with the Greeks against Persia. The successor to Megabazus's command was Otanes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Megabazus"

Megabyzus was a Persian general, son of Zopyrus, satrap of Babylon. His father was killed when the satrapy rebelled in 482 BC, and Megabyzus led the forces that recaptured the city, after which the statue of the god Marduk was destroyed to prevent future revolts. Megabyzus subsequently took part in the expedition against Greece. Herodotus claims that he refused to act on orders to pillage Delphi, but it is doubtful such orders were ever given. ...more on Wikipedia about "Megabyzus"

Otanes ( Old Persian Utâna): Persian nobleman, one of the seven conspirators who killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta and helped Darius I the Great become king ( 29 September 522 BC). Several years later, he added the Greek island Samos to the Achaemenid empire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Otanes"

Parysatis was the illegitimate daughter of Artaxerxes I, Emperor of Persia and Andia of Babylon. She was the half-sister of Xerxes II, Sogdianus and Darius II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Parysatis"

Pharnabazus was a Persian soldier and statesman, the son of Pharnaces, belonged to a family which from 478 BC governed the satrapy of Phrygia on the Hellespont, from its headquarters at Dascylium, and, according to a discovery by Th. Nöldeke, was descended from Otanes, one of the associates of Darius in the murder of Smerdis. Pharnabazus first appears as satrap of this province in 413 BC, when, having received orders from Darius II to send in the outstanding tribute of the Greek cities on the coast, he, like Tissaphernes of Caria, entered into negotiations with Sparta and began war with Athens. The conduct of the war was much hindered by the rivalry between the two satraps, of whom Pharnabazus was by far the more energetic and upright. After the war he came into conflict with Lysander. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pharnabazus"

Rezā Qolikhān Hedāyat (also Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat), known as Lala bashi was a writer and educator of Persia's royal family. ...more on Wikipedia about "Reza Qolikhan Hedayat"

Salman the Persian (Arabic سلمان الفارسي Salman Farisi, Persian Salman e Farsi, and sometimes "Salman the handsome") was one of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's companions. Salman is numbered among The Four Companions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Salman the Persian"

Tissaphernes (Pers. Cithrafarna, d. 395 BC) was a Persian soldier and statesman, son of Hydarnes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tissaphernes"

Ustadh Sis, also spelled: Ustad Sis, or Ostad Sis, Persian: استاذ سیس Persian heresiarch, and anti-Arab rebel leader. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ustadh Sis"

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