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Parsua (earlier Parsuash, Parsumash) was an ancient tribal kingdom/chiefdom (860-600 BC) located between
Zamua Zamua (also Mazamua) was an ancient Iron Age Pre-Iran, Iranian kingdom, corresponding with the earlier kingdom of Lullubi,''The Cambridge History of Iran'', Volume 2, (1985) Cambridge University Press, p. 59Direct link Last retrieved 11.12.2013 whi ...
(formerly:
Lullubi Lullubi, Lulubi (: ''Lu-lu-bi'', : ''Lu-lu-biki'' "Country of the Lullubi"), more commonly known as Lullu, were a group of Bronze Age tribes of Hurrian and Semitic languages, Semitic origin who existed and disappeared during the 3rd millennium BC ...
) and Ellipi, in central Zagros to the southwest of Sanandaj, western
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
. The name ''Parsua'' is from an old Iranian word ''Parsava'' and it is presumed to mean ''border or borderland''.{{cite book , last1= Gershevitch , first1= Ilya , last2= Bayne Fisher , first2= William , last3= A. Boyle , first3= J. , title= The Cambridge History of Iran , url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BBbyr932QdYC&pg=PA61&dq=Parsua#PPA62,M1 , access-date= 15 January 2009 , edition= reissue, illustrated, reprint , volume= II , year= 1985 , publisher= Cambridge University Press , isbn= 9780521200912 , page= 62 Parsua was distinct from Persis, another region to the southeast, now known as
Fars province Fars Province or Pars Province, also known as Persis or Farsistan (فارسستان), is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Shiraz. Pars province has an area of 122,400 km2 and is located in Iran's southwest, i ...
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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
. Some accounts suggest that Teispes, the ancestor of the Achaemenid dynasty, led a migration from Parsua to Persis, formerly the Elamite state of Anshan.


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List of ancient Iranian peoples This list of ancient Iranian peoples includes the names of Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European peoples speaking Iranian languages or otherwise considered Iranian ethnically or linguistically in sources from the late 1st millennium BC to the earl ...


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