The Idea of Iran: An Essay on Its Origin

3rd century according Achae Achaemenian Achaemenian inscriptions Ahura Ahuramazda Airyana Vaejah amongst ancient Apiavf Arabs Arachosia Ariana Arsacid arya Aryan Avestan Avestan Airyas Benveniste Boyce century B.C. concept countries cultural dahyu defined Duchesne-Guillemin dynasty eastern Iranian Elamite empire Eran Eransahr Eratosthenes ethnic evidence expression fact Frye Gershevitch 1959 Gignoux Gnoli Greek Hara Henning Herodotus Herrenschmidt Herzfeld Hinz hypothesis ibid idea of Iran ideology Indo-Iranian Inscription of Darius interpretation Iranian world Islamic Kayanids Kellens King lands Lukonin Magi Manichaean Manichaeism Markwart Mayrhofer Mazda Mazdeism meaning Medes Median Menasce Middle Persian mowbeds Narseh Nyberg Old Persian opinion origin Pahlavi Pahlavi literature Parthian passage period Persepolis political reconstruction region religion religious remarks roastrian rtavan Sassanian Schmitt Sistan Sogdians sources Staxr Strabo Studies term texts thesis western Iran Widengren Wiesehofer Xerxes xwarrah Yarshater 1983a Yasts Younger Avesta Zarathustra Zoroaster Zoroastrian Zoroastrian tradition