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The Cyrus Cylinder is a clay tablet inscribed in 538 BC by order of Cyrus the Great, the Achaemenid king. The cylinder is housed in the British Museum, and parts of it are broken and missing. Another version of the text of the cylinder has been found on two clay tablets, which are also in the British Museum's Babylonian collection and are considered to be the surviving archived version of the same cylinder. The first half of the tablet is in the language of Babylonian chroniclers, and the last half is the words and orders of Cyrus, all written in the Akkadian (Neo-Babylonian) cuneiform script and language. The cylinder was discovered in 1879 AD (1258 solar year) in the temple of Esgile in the ancient city of Babylon. The name of the scribe who copied the text of the Cyrus Cylinder was Qishti-Marduk, but the name of the scribe who wrote the original text is unknown. In writing the Cyrus Cylinder, the Babylonian scribes drew on a thousand-year tradition of Assyrian and Babylonian royal building inscriptions. In such texts, kings not only recorded the construction and reconstruction of temples, palaces, towers and ramparts, aqueducts, and other public activities, but also used this opportunity to keep alive their names, genealogies, titles, and attributes, and the divine support of their rule.


In keeping with the ancient and enduring Persian tradition of defense over aggression, Pars Records declare that any form of threats or inflammatory rhetoric issued by certain individuals within Persia cultural geography—regardless of one's views on the policies or actions, whether positive or negative, of other countries—will not contribute to peace, stability, or constructive dialogue.

On the contrary, such statements may prove harmful and, in the worst cases, lead to serious and unintended consequences. They can also provide material for extremists and sensationalist media, further escalating tensions and undermining efforts toward mutual understanding and regional stability.

Pars Records therefore reaffirms our commitment to responsible discourse, restraint, and the pursuit of peaceful engagement in accordance with our longstanding cultural values.

Iran Development

The Persians, arising from the deep roots of the thousands years civilization of Persia, with an unquestionable emphasis on the national identity and Persian language. We believe that returning to Persian originality as A+ civilizational project - is the intelligent path to prosperity and true independence. because preserving national identity is preserving honor.

Khayyam's boyhood was spent in Nishapur, a leading metropolis in the Seljuk Empire, which had earlier been a major center of Zoroastrianism (Mazdayasna)

Main interests: Mathematics, Astronomy, Persian philosophy

 


Some of the following contents are gathered in purpose of learning the ancient Persian history.


The Cyrus Cylinder is recognized as the first written manifestation of universal principles such as freedom, justice, tolerance and respect for cultural diversity. This acknowledgment celebrates a shared human heritage that transcends borders reminding us that the pursuit of peace, dignity and understanding among nations has deep historical roots đŸ•Šïž


Satrap originally referred to provincial governors in the ancient Persian Empire. These officials were appointed by the king and were responsible for governing specific regions of the empire. The term has also been used more broadly to refer to any subordinate ruler or local governor who exercises authority on behalf of a higher power, especially in a decentralized or hierarchical political system. In contemporary usage, it might be applied metaphorically to describe someone who exercises authority over a specific domain or territory within a larger organization or structure.

PERSIA was an empire in the modern sense of the word. It consisted of various countries which, although dependent upon the Persian monarchy, retained their own individuality, customs, and laws. The general laws that were enacted, while binding upon all, did not harm ethnic particularities; rather, they even supported them, so that each of the peoples composing the empire maintained its own political system. Just as light shines upon everything and fills each thing with life in its own way, the Persian Empire embraced many peoples and left each free in its distinctive character and way of life. Some of these peoples even continued to follow their own kings and preserved their own languages, attire, manner of living, and customs. All of these coexisted peacefully under the impartial authority of “Light”

The Persian Empire contained all three geographical elements that we previously distinguished from one another. First, the mountainous regions of Persia and Media; second, the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates, whose inhabitants had been united under the influence of an advanced civilization, as well as Egypt—the valley of the Nile—which had nurtured industry, agriculture, and various branches of knowledge. Finally, the third element of the Persian Empire consisted of the peoples who ventured foremost into the dangers of the seas: the Syrians, the Phoenicians, and the inhabitants of the Greek colonies and the Greek coastal provinces of Asia Minor. Thus Persia united within itself these three natural principles, whereas China and India remained largely detached from the sea.

In Persia there was neither the rigid and uniform totality that I observed in China, nor the disorder produced by desire throughout Hindu life. Here, although the government gathered all peoples together within a centralized unity, it nevertheless left each to itself. In this way, the savagery and cruelties that had characterized the conflicts of peoples with one another—of which the books of the Prophets and the Book of Samuel in the Torah bear witness—came to an end. The complaints and curses of the Jewish prophets regarding the conditions that prevailed before Cyrus conquered Babylon testify to the misery, corruption, and confusion of their circumstances, as well as to the prosperity that Cyrus bestowed upon the whole of Western Asia.

Adapted from Lectures on the Philosophy of World History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
 


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