Persian may refer to: People and things from Iran, historically called Persia in the English language Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples Persian language, an Iranian language of the Indo-European family, native language of ethnic Persians Persian alphabet, a writing system based on the Perso-Arabic script People and things from the historical Persian Empire Other uses Persian (patience), a card game Persian (roll), a pastry native to Thunder Bay, Ontario Persian (wine) Persian, Indonesia, on the island of Java Persian cat, a long-haired breed of cat characterized by its round face and shortened muzzle The Persian, a character from Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera Persian, a generation I Pokémon species Alpha Indi, star also known as "The Persian" See also Persian Empire (disambiguation) Persian expedition (disambiguation) or Persian campaign Persian Gulf (disambiguation) Persian invasion (disambiguation) Persian music (disambiguation) Persian Sea (disambiguation) Persian War (disambiguation) Persia (disambiguation) Farsi (disambiguation) Parsi (disambiguation) Iranian (disambiguation) List of Persia-related topics List of Persian-language poets and authors Language and nationality disambiguation pages