diff --git a/demos/functional/index.html b/demos/functional/index.html
index 9900a539e..9bb3d6ea2 100644
--- a/demos/functional/index.html
+++ b/demos/functional/index.html
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-de.js"></script>
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-eo.js"></script>
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-es.js"></script>
+			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-fa.js"></script>
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-fi.js"></script>
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-fr.js"></script>
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-he.js"></script>
diff --git a/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html b/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html
index 1d7af8dbf..b2387a8e1 100644
--- a/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html
+++ b/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ function customRange(input) {
 
 				options: [
 					{	desc: '&#8235;&#1575;&#1604;&#1593;&#1585;&#1576;&#1610;&#1577; (Arabic)',	source: '$("#i18nrtl").datepicker($.extend({}, $.datepicker.regional["ar"], {showStatus: true, showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true}));$("#contrib2").html("Khaled Al Horani");' },
+					{	desc: '&#8235;&#1601;&#1575;&#1585;&#1587;&#1740; (Farsi/Persian)',	source: '$("#i18nrtl").datepicker($.extend({}, $.datepicker.regional["fa"], {showStatus: true, showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true}));$("#contrib2").html("Javad Mowlanezhad");' },
 					{	desc: '&#8235;&#1506;&#1489;&#1512;&#1497;&#1514; (Hebrew)',	source: '$("#i18nrtl").datepicker($.extend({}, $.datepicker.regional["he"], {showStatus: true, showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true}));$("#contrib2").html("Amir Hardon");' }
 				]
 			},
diff --git a/ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-fa.js b/ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-fa.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d77021713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-fa.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* Persian (Farsi) Translation for the jQuery UI date picker plugin. */
+/* Javad Mowlanezhad -- jmowla@gmail.com */
+/* Jalali calendar should supported soon! (Its implemented but I have to test it) */
+jQuery(function($) {
+	$.datepicker.regional['fa'] = {
+		clearText: 'حذف تاريخ', clearStatus: 'پاک کردن تاريخ جاري',
+		closeText: 'بستن', closeStatus: 'بستن بدون اعمال تغييرات',
+		prevText: '&#x3c;قبلي', prevStatus: 'نمايش ماه قبل',
+		prevBigText: '&#x3c;&#x3c;', prevBigStatus: '',
+		nextText: 'بعدي&#x3e;', nextStatus: 'نمايش ماه بعد',
+		nextBigText: '&#x3e;&#x3e;', nextBigStatus: '',
+		currentText: 'امروز', currentStatus: 'نمايش ماه جاري',
+		monthNames: ['فروردين','ارديبهشت','خرداد','تير','مرداد','شهريور',
+		'مهر','آبان','آذر','دي','بهمن','اسفند'],
+		monthNamesShort: ['1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','10','11','12'],
+		monthStatus: 'نمايش ماه متفاوت', yearStatus: 'نمايش سال متفاوت',
+		weekHeader: 'هف', weekStatus: 'هفتهِ سال',
+		dayNames: ['يکشنبه','دوشنبه','سه‌شنبه','چهارشنبه','پنجشنبه','جمعه','شنبه'],
+		dayNamesShort: ['ي','د','س','چ','پ','ج', 'ش'],
+		dayNamesMin: ['ي','د','س','چ','پ','ج', 'ش'],
+		dayStatus: 'قبول DD بعنوان اولين روز هفته', dateStatus: 'انتخاب D, M d',
+		dateFormat: 'yy/mm/dd', firstDay: 6,
+		initStatus: 'انتخاب تاريخ', isRTL: true};
+	$.datepicker.setDefaults($.datepicker.regional['fa']);
+});
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