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Abbasid Abdollah Abu Moslem Achaemenian Ahmed Ali's Arab army Ayatollah Khomeini Azerbayjan Baghdad Bakhtiyar became British Caliph centre century court death declared defeated divine dome dynasty empire followers forces foreign governor groups Hasan Herat Hosein Imam India Iran Iran's Irani Iranian Iraq Isfahan Islamic Ja'fer Khan khanqah Khorasan Khosro king Kufa land large number later leaders Mahdi Majles Mashhad mawalis Mecca Medina ment military Mirza modern Mohammed mojtaheds Mongol Mosaddeq Moslem mosque movement Najaf National Front Nishapur olema Omayyad Pahlavi Party peasants Persian poet political Prime Minister Prophet provinces Qajar Qor'an reforms regime region reign religion religious revolution revolutionary Reza Shah rule rulers Russia Safavid Samanid Sasanian SAVAK scholars Seljuq Seyyed Shah Abbas Shah's Shari'ah Sheikh Shi'as Shi'i Shi'ism Shiraz Sistan successor sufi sufism Sultan Sunni Tabriz Tehran towns traditional Transoxiana tribes Tudeh village Western