Who are the Persians/Iranians?

Some believe that they’re Arabs. Some believe they are “Black”. But how can they be Semitic or Hamitic if they reigned alongside the MEDES during what is known as the TIME of the GENTILES (Europeans)?

So who are the Iranians? According to the Biblical geographic division of nations as well as according to historical records, the original Iranians are Europeans.

Take a look at the ancient world map below. The RED region represents the land mass that was inhabited by JAPHETH (Father of the GENTILES).

If you compare that with the Ancient Near East Map c. 540 BC below, you will see that the Medes and Persians are in the same RED region that was inhabited by JAPHETH (Father of the Gentiles).

What do the historians say about the original Persians/Iranians?

Before we look at the historical record of the PERSIANS, I want to point something out in the Bible about the MEDES/MADAI.

Genesis 10
King James Version (KJV)
2 The sons of JAPHETH; Gomer, and Magog, and MADAI, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

Herodotus, in his Histories, remarks that “the Medes acknowledged as their commander Tigranes an Achaimenid. These in ancient time used to be generally called Arians” (Histories 7:62)

One important aspect of learning about the history of a people is language. I pointed out that the Medes are undoubtedly European because they come from the seed of JAPETH and in ancient times they were known as ARIANS.

We will see that According to Historian, H.G Wells, the PERSIANS also share an ARIAN/ARYAN link:

“One great group of languages, for example, now covers nearly all Europe and stretches out to India; it includes English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Russian, Armenian, PERSIAN, and various Indian tongues. It is called the INDO-EUROPEAN or ARYAN family.” (The Outline of History, 13.2, The Aryan Languages)

“In Armenian sources, the Parthians, Medes and PERSIANS are collectively referred to as IRANIANS.”

Source: R.W. Thomson. History of Armenians by Moses Khorenat’si. Harvard University Press, 1978. Pg 118, pg 166

“The Iranian peoples, or the Iranic peoples, are a diverse Indo-EUROPEAN ethno-linguistic group that comprise the speakers of the Iranian languages.”

Source: Waldman, Carl; Mason, Catherine (2006). Encyclopedia of European Peoples. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 1438129181. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

Encyclopedia’s will tell you the same thing:

“Persian, predominant ethnic group of Iran (formerly known as Persia). Although of diverse ancestry, the Persian people are united by their language, Persian (Farsi), which belongs to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family” (Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Persian

So if according to the Bible, Geography, and Historical records, the Persians (and Medes) are Europeans, then why do people think they are Arabs today?

The answer is simply due to the Muslim Conquest of Persia, and Arab migration to Iran that led to “race-mixing” which changed their RELIGION, CUSTOMS, and PHYSICAL FEATURES.

“The advent of Islam (640–829)
The Arab invasion of Iran made a break with the past that affected not only Iran but all of western Asia and resulted in the assimilation of peoples who shaped and vitalized Muslim culture” (Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/place/Iran/History)

“The vast majority of Persians practice Shīʿite Islam. Before the Muslim conquest of Persia in the 7th century CE, most Persians followed Zoroastrianism, based on the teachings of the ancient prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra), who lived during the first half of the 1st millennium BCE.” (Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Persian

“The migration of a number of persons belonging to the tribe of the Ash’ari from Iraq to the city of Qum (Iran) towards the end of the first/seventh century, which is the period of establishment of Imamī Shī‘ism in Iran.”

Source: According to “Islam and Iran: A Historical Study of Mutual Services”