Richard Frye. (23a de Majo 2012) Persia (RLE Iran A). Routledge, p. 13. ISBN 978-1-136-84154-5. “This 'greater Iran' included and still includes part of the Caucasus Mountains, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iraq; for Kurds, Baluchis, Afghans, Tajiks, Ossetes, and other smaller groups are Iranians”.
(October 1962) “Reitzenstein and Qumrân Revisited by an Iranian”, The Harvard Theological Review55 (4), p. 261–268. doi:10.1017/S0017816000007926. “I use the term Iran in an historical context[...]Persia would be used for the modern state, more or less equivalent to "western Iran". I use the term "Greater Iran" to mean what I suspect most Classicists and ancient historians really mean by their use of Persia – that which was within the political boundaries of States ruled by Iranians.”.
