Iran Genealogy
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In other languages: فارسیGuide to Iran ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Information[edit | edit source]
Iran is a country in the Middle East bordered by Türkiye, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Historically known as Persia, it has maintained its sovereignty despite significant foreign influence from Great Britain and Russia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The official language is Persian (Farsi), with other languages like Azerbaijani, Kurdish, and Arabic also spoken.
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Provinces[edit | edit source]
Modern Iran is divided into the following provinces:
- Alborz
- Ardabil
- Bushehr
- Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
- East Azerbaijan
- Fars
- Gilan
- Golestan
- Hamadan
- Hormozgan
- Ilam
- Isfahan
- Kerman
- Kermanshah
- Khuzestan
- Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
- Kurdistan
- Lorestan
- Markazi
- Mazandaran
- North Khorasan
- Qazvin
- Qom
- Razavi Khorasan
- Semnan
- Sistan and Baluchestan
- South Khorasan
- Tehran
- West Azerbaijan
- Yazd
- Zanjan