Persia
- Ancient name
- Persia
- Modern name
- Iran
- Modern country
- Iran
- Coordinates
- 29.94, 52.89
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364030
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.
The toponym Persia appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P106
Variant spellings of Persia in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| [P]ersia | BL01 |
| Monti di persia | Med1 |
| Monti dip[er]sia | Luc2 |
| P[er]sia | Clas2 |
| p[er]sia | ME2 |
| Pers[i]a | Borg |
| persia | Bal, Bos, Fn12, Fn6, Fo, Laur5, Magl2, Pal5, Pal8, Ricc15, Ricc9, Spe, Urb1 |
| Persia | Barb4, Con3, Cs1, Morg, New, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc14, Urb2, Yale4 |
| PERSIA | Ashb4, BL02, Barb3, Chig1, Con1, Con4, Fn9, He2, Laur3, NB, Pnc5, Ricc8, To2, Vat3 |
| PeRsia | Fn8 |
| persua | He3 |
| Pesca | Ricc12 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Persia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/persia/.