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My timeline has not yet delved into the realm of politics of the Middle East. Just now, I wanted to mention the Parthians in passing, but I like to use authentic names from the language and time of the timeline, you know? Trouble is, I just don't read Arabic, and even when I try to transliterate it, because it's a very different kind of writing, the vowels are missing. I am likewise having trouble finding sources for Indo-Aryan languages of the period (1st century CE), and I am going to need them, as well as some sources on South Arabian languages, if I am going to continue to write the timeline in the same style.


To start out though, I would like to know what the Parthian Empire was called at the time. I imagine something like the Arsacid Kingdom, but how would you refer to the "Arsacids" in Persian or Parthian, as I understand the two are different languages? Does anyone have a list of kings' names in Parthian that I would be able to work with as well? Cuz I know names like "Vonones" and "Pacorus" are obviously Hellenized. Does anyone have a source for non-Hellenized Parthian names?
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