Capitals of Persia
Iran has had numerous capital cities and royal centers throughout its history.
- Anshan; pre-Achaemenid era
- Ardabil; early Safavid era, Sajid
- Asaak; Parthian era royal center
- Amol; Ziyarid, Alid, Dabuyid, Bavandid, Chalavi,
- Babylon; Achaemenid era
- Baghdad; caliphates, Jalayerid, Buyid
- Bardsir; Banu Ilyas
- Basra; Jalayerid
- Bukhara; Samanid era
- Ctesiphon; Parthian, Sassanid era
- Damavand; Masmughans of Damavand
- Diyarbakır; Aq Qoyunlu
- Fuman; Dabuyid
- Farim ; Bavandid
- Firozkoh; Ghurid
- Firuzkuh; Chalavi
- Shahr-e Qumis ; Parthian era
- Ghazna; Ghurid, Khwarazmid
- Gor ; Sassanid era
- Gorgan; Ziyarid
- Herat; Ghurid, Kartids, Timurid Empire
- Isfahan; Ziyarid dynasty, Kakuyid Emirate, Injuid dynasty, Seljuk era, Safavid era
- Istakhr; Sassanian era
- Izeh; Hazaraspids
- Ecbatana ; Median Empire, Achaemenid era, Seljuks
- Kerman; Muzaffarid
- Khorramabad; Khorshidi dynasty
- Kunya Urgench; early Khwarezmid era
- Lankaran; Talysh Khanate
- Lahijan; Karkiya dynasty
- Maragheh; Ilkhanid, Sajid
- Mashhad; Afsharid
- Merv; capital during al-Mamun's caliphate, and Taherid era, Seljuk Empire
- Nishapur; Ilkhanid, Seljuq, Taherid eras
- Nisa, Turkmenistan; periodical capital of the Parthian era
- Pasargadae; Achaemenid
- Persepolis; Achaemenid grand capital
- Rey ; Median, Ziyarid, Buyid, Seljuk Empire
- Rudbar; Justanids
- Qazvin; early Safavid era
- Sabzevar; Sarbadars
- Samarkand; Samanid, Khwarazmid, Timurid era
- Shiraz; Buyid dynasty, Injuid dynasty, Muzaffarid dynasty, Salghurid dynasty, Zand dynasty
- Soltaniyeh; Ilkhanid
- Susa; Achaemenid, Parthian era
- Tabriz; Ilkhanid, Khwarezmid, Chupanid, Jalayerid, Kara Koyunlu, Aq Qoyunlu, early Safavid era
- Tarom; Sallarid
- Sari; Qajar, Dabuyid, Bavandid
- Yazd; Kakuyid, Atabegs of Yazd
- Zaranj; Saffarid Empire, Mihrabanid, Nasrid
- Tehran; Qajar Empire, Pahlavi Dynasty, Islamic Republic of Iran 1796–present
