History of Iran - Proto-Elamite, Elam, Kassites, Mannaeans, Medes, Achaemenid Empire, Seleucid Empire, Arsacid Empire, Sassanid Empire, Afrighids, Islamic conquest of Persia, Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate, Tahirid dynasty, Alavids, Sajids, Saffarid dynasty, Samanids, Ziyarids, Buyid dynasty, Sallarid, Ma'munids, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Seljuq dynasty, Khw razm-Sh h dynasty, Ilkhanate, Muzaffarids, Chupanids, Jalayirids, Timurid dynasty, Kara Koyunlu, Ak Koyunlu, Safavid dynasty, Hotaki dynasty, Afsharid Persian Empire, Zand dynasty, Qajar dynasty, Pahlavi dynasty, History of the Islamic Republic of Iran