The Royal Road built by Darius the Great (5th century BCE) stretched 2,700 km from Susa to Sardis, enabling messages to travel in 9 days instead of 3 months.
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16 Farvardin 2574
16 Farvardin 2574 Shahanshahi — equivalent to 16 Farvardin 1394 Shamsi and 2015-04-05 Gregorian. Today's occasion, a cultural insight, and a classical Persian verse.
16 Farvardin 2574 in the Shahanshahi calendar falls on Sunday — equivalent to 16 Farvardin 1394 Shamsi and 5 April 2015 Gregorian.
- Shahanshahi
- 16 Farvardin 2574
- Shamsi
- 16 Farvardin 1394
- Gregorian
- 5 April 2015
Cultural insight
Verse of the day
هر که او بیدارتر، پردردتر هر که او آگاهتر، رخ زردتر
“The more awake, the more one suffers The more aware, the paler the face”
— Rumi
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