Iran

Iran

Iran (altpersisch Aryana, Zend Airyana, d.i. Land der Arier), 1) J. nannten schon die alten Perser ihr Heimathsland im Gegensatz zu Aniran (d.i. Nichtirau), dem Lande der Barbaren; jetzt 2) das große Tafelland Asiens, welches von den[54] Gebirgsketten des Hindukuh, des nördlichen Khorasan u. des Elbrus bis an das Persische Meer im Süden sich erstreckt, im Osten gegen den Indus hin sehr jäh abfällt, nach Westen zu aber über die Kurdischen Gebirge stufenförmig zu den Tiefländern Mesopotamiens niedersteigt. Die mittlere Höhe dieses Iranischen Hochlandes beträgt 3500–4000 Fuß; den westlichen Theil desselben (Westiran) bildet Persien, den östlichen (Ostiran) Afghanistan u. Beludschistan. Die Namen Aria u. Ariana bei den Griechen u. Römern, sowie das Elam der Bibel stehen etymologisch mit dem Namen Iran in engstem Zusammenhang.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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