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What is a Persian provincial governor called?

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A governor of an Persian province was called a Satrap

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A governor of an ancient Persian province was called a satrap. These areas ruled by satraps were called "satrapies." The Persian emperor Cyrus the Great first chose satraps to rule individual provinces, around 530 BCE.

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