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 2579
16 Farvardin 2579 Shahanshahi — equivalent to 16 Farvardin 1399 Shamsi and 2020-04-04 Gregorian. Today's occasion, a cultural insight, and a classical Persian verse.
16 Farvardin 2579 in the Shahanshahi calendar falls on Saturday — equivalent to 16 Farvardin 1399 Shamsi and 4 April 2020 Gregorian.
- Shahanshahi
- 16 Farvardin 2579
- Shamsi
- 16 Farvardin 1399
- Gregorian
- 4 April 2020
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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