 Parthia Parθava; Parθaw; Pahlaw inzvimbo yenhoroondo iri kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweIran. Yakakundwa nekudzvinyirirwa nehumambo hwevaMedhia mukati mezana ramakore rechinomwe BC, yakabatanidzwa muAchaemenid Empire yakatevera pasi paKoreshi Mukuru muzana ramakore rechitanhatu BC, uye yakaumba chikamu cheHellenistic Seleucid Empire zvichitevera kukunda kwezana ramakore rechina BCraAlexander Mukuru. Dunhu iri rakazoshanda senzvimbo yezvematongerwo enyika uye yetsika yevanhu veEastern-Iranian Parni uye Arsacid dynasty, vatongi veParthian Empire 247 BC 224 AD. Humambo hweSasanian, hurumende yekupedzisira yepre-Islamic Iran, yakabatawo nharaunda uye yakachengetedza madzinza manomwe eParthian sechikamu chehurumende yavo yeumambo. 