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Persia Proper seems to have corresponded nearly to that province of the modern Iran, which still bears the ancient name slightly modified, being called Farsistan or Fars.
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In the southwestern part of Persia is the lovely valley of Schiraz, in the province of Farsistan, which is the ancient Persis.
Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology James Freeman Clarke 1849
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Farsistan, Khuzistan, and Chaldea, and then went back to the Persian
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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= -- Persia is the modernized name of the province now called Fars, or Farsistan.
Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895
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It appears that between Sar-i-Yezd and Zen-u-din there is an expanse of waste land near the boundary of the Yezd, Kerman and Farsistan (Shiraz) provinces, the possession of which is declared by the Governors of all these provinces not to belong to them, the boundary having never been properly defined.
Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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Farsistan and Laristan, to which future reference will be made.
Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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Minor, as far as the river Halys to the east; on the other side of that river began the Median monarchy under his brother-in-law Astyages, extending eastward to some boundary which we cannot define, but comprising, in a south-eastern direction, Persis proper or Farsistan, and separated from the Kissians and Assyrians on the east by the line of
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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Persia proper was a tract of no very large dimensions on the Persian Gulf, which is still known as Fars or Farsistan, a corruption of the ancient appellation.
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-- Persia proper corresponded nearly to the modern province of _Farsistan_ or _Fars_.
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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On the south Media was bounded by Persia proper -- a tract which corresponded nearly with the modern province of Farsistan.
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