Parthian may refer to:
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Parthian people
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Parthia", a region of north-eastern of Greater Iran
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Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD)
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Parthian language
The Parthian language, also known as Arsacid Pahlavi and Pahlawānīg, is an extinct ancient Northwestern Iranian language once spoken in Parthia, a region situated in present-day northeastern Iran and Turkmenistan. Parthian was the language of s ...
, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language
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Parthian shot, an archery skill famously employed by Parthian horsemen
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Pahlavas, the Parthians in ancient Indian literature
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Pahlava Kingdom
{{about, the kingdom of Pahlava in Indian epic literature, the historical kingdom, Indo-Parthian Kingdom
The Pahlava Kingdom is identified to be a kingdom of an Iranian tribe. The kingdom was well known, even during the campaign of Alexander. It wa ...
, their kingdom as known to the Indians
Other uses
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Parthian Books, a Welsh publishing house
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Indo-Parthian Kingdoms
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''Parthian''-class submarine
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Seven Parthian clans
The Seven Great Houses of Iran, also known as the seven Parthian clans, were seven feudal aristocracies of Parthian origin, who were allied with the Sasanian court. The Parthian clans all claimed ancestry from Achaemenid Persians.
The seven Great ...
See also
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Parthia (disambiguation)
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Pahlavi (disambiguation)
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