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Iran

polity · 1920 AD–present

Iran, a polity recorded 1920 AD–present: 3 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1920 AD–1937 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1920 ADReligion: shia.
1938 AD–1944 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1938 ADReligion: shia.
1945 AD–presentadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1945 ADReligion: shia.

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

Sources