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== Litteratur ==
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* ivar, A.D.H. (1983): «The Political History of Iran under the Arsacids», Yarshater, Ehsan: ''Cambridge History of Iran'', '''3.1''', Cambridge UP, s. 21–99.
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* Boyce, Mary (1983): «Parthian writings and literature», Yarshater, Ehsan: ''Cambridge History of Iran, 3.2'', Cambridge UP, pp.&nbsp;1151–1165.
* Cook, J.M. (1985): «The Rise of the Achaemenids and Establishment of their Empire», Gershevitch, Ilya: ''Cambridge History of Iran'', '''2''', Cambridge University Press, s. 200–291.
* Diakonoff, I.M. (1985): «Media I: The Medes and their Neighbours», Gershevitch, Ilya: ''Cambridge History of Iran'', '''2''', Cambridge University Press, s. 36–148.
* Lecoq, Pierre (1987): [http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/aparna-c3k «Aparna»], ''Encyclopædia Iranica'', '''2''', New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, s. 151.
* Hill, John E. (2004): ''The Western Regions according to the Hou Hanshu,'' [http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/hhshu/hou_han_shu.html Grunnriss og kommentert engelsk oversettelse ]
* Hill, John E. (2004): ''The Peoples of the West from the Weilue'' 魏略 ''by Yu Huan'' 魚豢'': A Third Century Chinese Account Composed between 239 and 265 AD.'' [http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/weilue/weilue.html Grunnriss og kommentert engelsk oversettelse]
* Lukonin, Vladimir G. (1983): «Political, Social and Administrative Institutions», Yarshater, Ehsan: ''Cambridge History of Iran'', '''3.2''', Cambridge University Press, s. 681–747.
* Mallowan, Max (1985): «Cyrus the Great», Gershevitch, Ilya: ''Cambridge History of Iran'', '''2''', Cambridge University Press, s. 392–419.
* Schippmann, Klaus (1987): «Arsacids II: The Arsacid Dynasty», ''Encyclopædia Iranica'', '''2''', New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, s. 525–536.
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* Verstandig Andre,(2001): ''Histoire de l'Empire Parthe''. Brussels, Le Cri.
* Yarshater, Ehsan (2006): [http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/iran-ii1-pre-islamic-times «Iran ii. Iranian History: An Overview»], ''Encyclopædia Iranica'', '''13''', New York: iranica.com.