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Postal service used in the Achaemenid Persian Empire

A Chapar Khaneh was a postal service station in the Achaemenid Empire. Established by Cyrus the Great and later developed by Darius the Great, the Achaemenid Empire's extensive postal service network served as the principal royal method of communication across most of the major cities of the ancient Near East.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

A Chapar Khaneh (Persian: چاپارخانه, IPA: [tʃɒːˈpɒːɾ xɒːˈne], transl. 'courier house') was a postal service station in the Achaemenid Empire.2

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