List of Persian royal cities

• Babylon was retained as a royal seat by Cyrus II after its conquest.
• Bishapur , a seat of the Sassanids .
• Ekbatana , today's Hamadan , was founded as the capital of the Medes , Cyrus II later took over the residence. She remained a summer residence under the Seleucids and Parthians .
• Gundischapur , winter residence of Shapur I and one of the most important cities of the Sassanid Empire.
• Ctesiphon was the capital of the Parthians and Sassanids.
• Bactra , today's Balkh in Afghanistan , was after the death of Darius III. capital of the Persian Empire for a short time . Bactra is also the birthplace of Zoroastrianism .
• Pasargadae was founded by Cyrus II as the first Achaemenid royal residence.
• Persepolis was founded by Darius I in 518 BC. Founded in BC and was the capital of the Persian Empire until it was conquered by Alexander the Great .
• Susa was founded by the Elamers in 639 BC. . Chr of Assyria destroyed shortly thereafter rebuilt and brought back to the royal capital of Darius I.

Other Persian capitals in Islamic times:

• Rey was a capital of the Buyids and Seljuks .
• Tabriz was the capital of Persia under the Mongol Ilkhan people .
• Isfahan was the capital of Persia under the Seljuks and Safavids .
• Mashhad was the capital of the Afshars .
• Shiraz was the capital of the Zand princes .
• Tehran , the successor to Rey, has been the capital and residence of Iran since the Qajar era .
• Merw was a capital of the Seljuks .
• Herat was the capital of the Samanids and Timurids .
• Samarkand was the capital of the Samanids , Qarakhanids and Timurids .
• Bukhara was the capital of the Samanids and Timurids .
• Nishapur was the capital of the Tahirids .
• Saranj was the capital of the Saffarids .