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Persia

Ancient name
Persia
Modern name
Iran
Modern country
Iran
Persia refers to a region of western Asia roughly corresponding to present-day Iran; in the later Middle Ages it was controlled in turn by the Ilkhanate, Timurids, Qara Qoyunlu, and Safavids. Europeans in Dati's day tended to use Persia as a "modern" equivalent of Chaldea, Assyria, Mesopotamia, and Babylonia.
Coordinates
29.94, 52.89

The toponym Persia appears in La Sfera in the following places:

03.16.02 03.22.01

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Map of the location P106

Variant spellings of Persia in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
Monti di persia Med1
Monti dip[er]sia Luc2
P[er]sia Clas2
p[er]sia ME2
persia Bal, Fo, Laur5, Magl2, Pal8, Ricc15
Persia Parm2, Yale4
PERSIA Ashb4, Fn9, He2, Laur3, NB, Pnc5, Ricc8, To2
persua He3
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Persia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/persia/.