SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name of the Special Forces in Persia?
A
Immortals
B
Israelites
C
Assyrians
D
Persians
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, the Imperial Iranian Army included an all-volunteer known as the Javidan Guard (Persian: , romanized: Gârd-e Jâvidân, lit. ‘Immortal Guard’), named after the ancient Persian royal guard. The Javidan Guard was based at the Lavizan Barracks in Tehran.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ten Thousand Immortals, in Persian history, core troops in the Achaemenian army, so named because their number of 10, 000 was immediately reestablished after every loss.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cyrus the Great, also called Cyrus II, (born 590–580 bce, Media, or Persis [now in Iran]-died c. 529, Asia), conqueror who founded the Achaemenian empire, centred on Persia and comprising the Near East from the Aegean Sea eastward to the Indus River.

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