January, 27, 70 B.C.:
Farhad 3.Ascends The Throne
Farhad 3rd ascends the Parthian throne as the 17th ruler of the Parthian Dynasty. His reign lasted for about seven years. Farhad 3rd AKA Phraates III was the son of Sinatruces. He was somehow a cheater because of his coins were polished with gold dust, so that people from other countries considered ... Read Full Article:
January, 27, 750 A.D.:
Abu Muslim Defeats Marvan 2.
In a war between Abu Muslim and Marwan 2nd forces that lasted for two days near the Zab River, Marwan's army was defeated. Marwan was the last ruler from the Omavi Caliphates in east. Marwan fled to Egypt where he was killed. The discriminating policies of the late Omavian Dynasty against non-Arab a... Read Full Article:
January, 27, 1571 A.D.:
Prince Abbas Is Born
Prince Abbas Mirza, later to become Shah Abbas of Safavian Dynasty was born on Jan, 27, 1571 and became king in October 1587 after a coup against his inept father: Sultan Mohammad Khodabandeh. He managed to defeat strong enemies such as the Uzbek tribes and the Ottoman EmpireShah Abbas was born in H... Read Full Article:
January, 27, 1930 A.D.:
Mauser Becomes Iran's Rifle
After months of inspection and evaluating the results of the tests on different models of rifles that were used in the Iranian army for years, Reza Shah chose German make Mauser as the standard rifle. The original model on which tests were made had been manufactured in 1924.Gradually Mauser took th... Read Full Article:
January, 27, 1965 A.D.:
Hoveida Becomes Prime Minister
Following assassination of Pahlavi Prime Minister Hasanali Mansour which was attributed to fanatic Islamists, Mohammad Reza Shah personally appointed Amirabbas Hoveida as Prime Minister and ordered him to form the cabinet of ministers. Hoveida had lived and served in foreign countries such as Lebano... Read Full Article:
More About The Iranian History
- Complete Iranian History Chronicle arranged by year
- Complete Iranian History Illustrated
Periods of the Iranian/Persian History by Dynasties
- Elamite Dynasties (2800 - 550) BC
- Median Empire (728 - 550) BC
- Achaemenid Empire (550 - 331) BC
- Seleucid Empire (330 - 150) BC
- Parthian Empire (247 BC - 226 AD)
- Sassanid Empire (226 - 651) AD
- Omavi Caliphates (661 - 750) AD
- Abbasi Caliphates (750 - 1258) AD
- Taherian Dynasty (821 - 873) AD
- Alavid Dynasty (864 - 928) AD
- Samanid Dynasty (875 - 999) AD
- Ziyarid Dynasty (928 - 1043) AD
- Buyid Dynasty (934 - 1062) AD
- Ghaznavid Dynasty (977 - 1186) AD
- Seljuk Empire (1037 - 1194) AD
- Kharazm Dynasty (1077 - 1231) AD
- Mongol Ilkhanates (1256 - 1353) AD
- Timurid Empire (1370 - 1506) AD
- Kara Koyunlu (1407 - 1468) AD
- Safavid Dynasty (1502 - 1736) AD
- Hotaki Dynasty (1722 - 1729) AD
- Afshar Dynasty (1736 - 1750) AD
- Zand Dynasty (1750 - 1794) AD
- Qajar Dynasty (1794 - 1925) AD
- Pahlavi Dynasty (1926 - 1979) AD
- Islamic Republic (1979 - ?) AD
