Fars province

Fars Province (, Ostān-e Fārs ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is also historically known to foreigners as Persia, Parsa, Persis and is the historical homeland of the Persian people.Imanpour, Mohammad-Taghi. The Land of Parsa: the first Persian Homeland. The University of Manchester (United Kingdom), 1998. Its capital is Shiraz. The majority religion is Shia although there is a minority Sunni Persians living in the province also.

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