ADMINISTRATION in Iran.

i. Achaemenid Period. See ACHAEMENID DYNASTY. 

ii. Arsacid/Parthian Period. See ARSACIDS.

iii. Sasanian Period. See SASANIAN DYNASTY.

iv. Early Islamic Period. See under ʿABBASID CALIPHATE and BUYIDS.

v. Medieval Period. See under GHAZNAVIDS and IL-KHANIDS.

vi. Safavid, Zand, and Qajar Periods

vii. Pahlavi Period

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Originally Published: December 15, 1983

Last Updated: July 22, 2011

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