The history of Khuzestan Province, a province in southwestern Iran, extends from the ancient pre-Aryan Elamite civilization to the modern day Islamic Republic.
Read more about History Of Khuzestan Province: Elam, The Achaemenid Empire, Alexander and The Seleucids, The Parthians, The Sassanids, The Islamic Conquest of Persia, The Mongol Invasion, The Arab Era, British and Russian Colonialism, Modernization and Discrimination, The Iranian Revolution, The Iran–Iraq War
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