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 2575
16 Farvardin 2575 Shahanshahi — equivalent to 16 Farvardin 1395 Shamsi and 2016-04-04 Gregorian. Today's occasion, a cultural insight, and a classical Persian verse.
16 Farvardin 2575 in the Shahanshahi calendar falls on Monday — equivalent to 16 Farvardin 1395 Shamsi and 4 April 2016 Gregorian.
- Shahanshahi
- 16 Farvardin 2575
- Shamsi
- 16 Farvardin 1395
- Gregorian
- 4 April 2016
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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