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Also Known As Karder • Kartir
Flourished c.201 - c.300

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Sufi mystic and poet
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Avicenna
Persian philosopher and scientist
Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
Cyrus II
Cyrus the Great
king of Persia
Darius I
Darius I
king of Persia
Xerxes I
Xerxes I
king of Persia
ʿAbbās I
ʿAbbās I
Ṣafavid shah of Persia
Nestorius
bishop of Constantinople
Khosrow I, crystal medallion, 6th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Khosrow I
king of Persia
Khosrow II
Khosrow II
king of Persia
Ferdowsī (lower left corner) with three poets in a garden, miniature from a Persian manuscript, 17th century; in the British Library
Ferdowsī
Persian poet
Niẓām al-Mulk
Seljuq vizier
Maḥmūd Ghāzān
Maḥmūd Ghāzān
Mongol ruler of Persia
Omar Khayyam
Persian poet and astronomer
al-Kāshī
Persian astronomer and mathematician
Shāpūr II, gold coin, 4th century; in the British Museum, London.
Shāpūr II
king of Persia
Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī
Persian scholar
Abū Ḥanīfah
Muslim jurist and theologian
Artaxerxes II
king of Persia
Sheikh Junayd
Iranian mystic