Iran-e Bozorg. http://pan-iranism.com/ Also known as Aryana or Ariana in the Hellenized form. Greater Khorasan, Khorasan-e Bozorg. Fars/Pars, Khorasan, Bactria-Balkh. Cyrus the Great. Koroush e Bozorg. Zoroaster. Zardusht. From the Tigris river to the Caucasus, to the Hindus river, to Central Asia, it's all Iran, Iran-e Bozorg, Iran Zamin. Greater Iran (in Persian: ایران بزرگ Irān-e Bozorg, or ایران‌زمین Irān-zamīn; the Encyclopedia Iranica uses the term Iranian Cultural Continent[1]) is a term for the Iranian plateau in addition to the entire region with significant Iranian cultural influence. It roughly corresponds to the territory stretching from the Caucasus to the Indus River, or that of the two Persian Empires (Achaemenid and Sassanid), and conform to the historical understanding of the full territory of "Iran." Keywords: greater iran iran zameen iran e bozorg ariana aryana fars pars persia tehran persepolis shiraz tehran mashhad tus afghanistan afghanistani herat ghor ghazni balkh bokhdi bactra bactria kabul kabulistan dushanbe samarkand samarqand bukhara bokhara bamiyan bamyan badakhshan panjsher panjshir badakhsan ghazni ghor ghur samangan merv merw kurdish kurdistan tajikistan afghanistan uzbekistan turkmenistan azerbaijan iraq azeri iraqi iraqis Kyrgyzstan western China Tashkorgan Tashkurghan kurdistan kurdistani armenia pan-iranism Iranic languages: Old * Western: Median · Old Persian * Eastern: Avestan† · Old Scythian · Old Sogdian Middle * Western: Parthian† · Middle Persian * Eastern: Bactrian† · Khwarezmian† · Ossetic · Parnian · Sacian · Saka · Scythian · Sogdian Modern * Western: Alviri (Vidâri) · Ashtiani · Old Azari† · Baluchi · Bashkardi · Central Iran · Persian Dari · Dari (Zoroastrian) · Gilaki · Gorani · Harzani · Judeo-Persian · Kurmanji Kurdish · Laki · Luri · Bakhtiari Lori · Mazandarani · Ormuri · Sangsari · Parachi · New Persian · Sorani Kurdish · Tajik · Taleshi · Tat · Tati · Vafsi · Zazaki * Eastern: Bartangi · Hindukush Group · Ishkashmi · Karakoram Group · Khufi · Munji · Oroshori · New Ossetic · Parachi · Pashto · Roshani (Roshni) · Sanglechi · Sarikoli · Shughni · Wakhi · Vanji† · Waziri · Yaghnobi · Yidgha · Yazgulami · Zebaki Modern Iranic peoples: * Azeris * Baloch * Gilanis * Jasz * Kurds * Laks * Mazanderanis * Ossetians * Pamiri people * Parsis & Iranis * Pashtuns * Persians * Bakhtiaris * Farsiwans * Hazaras * Lurs * Tajiks * Tats * Tajiks of China * Talysh * Wakhi * Zazas Ancient Iranic/Iranian peoples: * West Iranian o Persians + Pallavas, descended from Persian invaders of India o Medes o Parthians o Sagarthians (whose name survives in the name of the Zagros Mountains[citation needed]). o Corduchi [1] o Azaris * East Iranian o Bactrians o Khwarezmians o Sogdians o Scytho-Sarmatian + Sarmatians, including the Rhoxolani, Iazyges, Siraces + Alans (sometimes considered a branch of the Sarmatians) + Saka (Scythians) + Parama Kambojas, of the Allai valley/Allai mountains, north of Hindukush. + Parni + Massagetae Possible Ancient Iranian peoples whose designation is uncertain: * Cimmerians (ethnicity as Iranians specifically unknown) * Sigynnae (uncertain, known only by obscure reports) * Xionites (uncertain, known only by obscure reports) * Hephthalites (uncertain but highly possible)