Farhad ( ''farhād''), also spelt Ferhaad, Ferhod or Ferhat, is a common Persian name for men used since the

Parthians Parthia ( ''Parθava''; ''Parθaw''; ''Pahlaw'') is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran. It was conquered and subjugated by the empire of the Medes during the 7th century BC, was incorporated into the subsequent Achaemen ...

, first recorded for Arsacid kings circa 170 BC. Variants of the name are also commonly found in other countries with historical Iranian influences such as

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and the

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autonomous region of

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Etymology

Modern Persian name ''Farhād'' () is derived from

Middle Persian Middle Persian, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg ( Inscriptional Pahlavi script: , Manichaean script: , Avestan script: ) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasania ...

''Frahād'' (in prht ''Frahāt''; in ''Phraatēs''), ultimately from

Old Iranian The Iranian languages, also called the Iranic languages, are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken natively by the Iranian peoples, predominantly in the Iranian Plateau. The Iranian language ...

*''fra-hāta''- "merited, obtained".Hübschmann, Armenische Grammatik. D. N. MacKenzie, “Some Names from Nisa,” in Peredneaziatskiĭ sbornik IV: Drevnyaya isrednevekovaya istoriya i filologiya stran perednego i srednego vostoka, Moscow, 1986, pp. 105–15 (reprinted i
Idem, Iranica diversa, ed. C. G. Cereti and L. Paul, Rome, 1999, pp. 209–15
.

Places

* Farhad, Nishapur – a village in Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *

Farhād Tarāsh The Farhād Tarāsh (), or Tarāsh-e Farhād, is a long smoothed rock surface on Mount Behistun in western Iran. Located near the famous Behistun Inscription, its height is around 30 meters and its width is around 200 meters. The retaining wall in ...

– a rockface on Mount Behistun, Iran *

Farkhad Dam The Farkhad Dam () (also known as Dam-16) is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Spitamen District, Spitamen in Sughd Province, Tajikistan. It is a part of the Naryn-Syr Darya Cascade. The dam is located on the territory of Tajikistan an ...

- hydroelectric plant at

border

Literature

* Farhad (Persian literature)

People with the given name Farhad

* Farhad I

Phraates I of Parthia Phraates I () was king of the Arsacid dynasty from 170/168 BC to 165/64 BC. He subdued the Mardians, conquered their territory in the Alborz mountains, and reclaimed Hyrcania from the Seleucid Empire. He died in 165/64 BC, and was succeeded by ...

c. 176–171 BC * Farhad II Phraates II of Parthia c. 138–127 BC * Farhad III Phraates III of Parthia c. 70–57 BC * Farhad IV

Phraates IV of Parthia Phraates IV (also spelled Frahad IV; ''Frahāt'') was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 37 to 2 BC. He was the son and successor of Orodes II (), and was given the throne after the death of his brother Pacorus I. Phraates IV soon murder ...

c. 38–2 BC * Farhad V Phraates V of Parthia (Phraataces) c. 2 BC–AD 4 * Farkhad Akhmedov (born 1955), Russian businessman of Azerbaijani origin * Farhad Aliyev (born 1963), Azerbaijani politician * Farhad Ahmed Kanchan, Bangladeshi politician and freedom fighter * Farhad Badalbeyli (born 1947), Azerbaijani pianist and composer * Farkhat Bazarov (born 1980), Russian footballer *

Farhad Daftary Farhad Daftary (; born 1938) is a Belgian-born Iranian-British Islamic scholar who is co-director and head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. He was born in Brussels. Daftary rec ...

(born 1938), Ismaili scholar *

Farhad Darya Farhad Darya (Pashto/Dari: ; born 22 September 1962) is an Afghan singer, composer, music producer, and philanthropist. Active since the 1980s, Darya has been one of the most renowned and influential Afghan pop musicians of the modern era, contr ...

(born 1962), Afghan singer *

Farhad Fakhreddini Farhad Fakhreddini (; born 11 March 1938 in Gədəbəy, Azerbaijan) is a renowned Iranian composer, conductor and founder of Iran's National Orchestra. He led Iran's Radio and Television Orchestra from 1973 to 1979. Fakhreddini has compose ...

(born 1938), Iranian composer * Farhad Hossain (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer * Farhad Hossain (born 1972), Bangladeshi academic and politician * Farhad Karibov (1952-2024), Azerbaijani lawyer and politician * Farhad Kazemi (born 1959), Iranian football manager * Farhad Khan, Mughal faujdar of Sylhet and Chittagong * Farhad Khoiee-Abbasi, public protester in Chicago *

Farkhad Magametov Farkhad Magametov (born 11 January 1962 in the Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired football defender. Magametov is a former Uzbekistani international, who obtained a total number of 20 caps during his career, scoring no goals. Club career M ...

(born 1962), Uzbek footballer * Farhad Majidi (born 1976), Iranian footballer * Farhad Manjoo (born 1978), American journalist and author * Farhad Mazhar (born 1947), Bangladeshi poet * Farhad Mehrad (1944-2002), Iranian singer * Farhad Moshiri (born 1955), British-Iranian businessman * Farhad Rahbar (born 1959), Iranian politician * Farhad Veliyev (born 1980), Azerbaijani footballer * Farhad Reza (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer * Farhad Shetul, Bangladeshi hockey player * Bodruddoza Md. Farhad Hossain (born 1971), Bangladeshi politician * Md. Forhad Hossain, Bangladeshi academic and vice-chancellor

People with the surname Farhad

* Ariful Kabir Farhad (born 1980), Bangladeshi professional footballer *

Kamilla Farhad Kamilla Farhad (; born 18 January 1996) is an Azerbaijani tennis player. On 7 November 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 1141. On 10 October 2011, she peaked at world number 539 in the doubles rankings. Farhad made her ...

(born 1996), Azerbaijani tennis player * Maria Farhad (born 2001), Iraqi beauty pageant winner * Md. Mazbauddin Farhad (born 1963), Bangladesh politician * Mohamed Farhad (born 1999), Maldivian singer * Mohammad Farhad (1938-1987), Bangladesh politician * Massumeh Farhad, American curator and art historian * Sayed Farhad, Kuwaiti judoka * Zafrul Hasan Farhad (1953-2017), Bangladeshi politician

References

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