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In the Name of God, May We Endeavor and Succeed.
I Behold God before my Eyes at All Times.
A Dedication to My Master, My Father, May He Live Forever.
Contributor:
Elisha ben Samuel
Places:
Ottoman Empire (Iran)
Date:
1684
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In your merciful, compassionate name. In the Arabic language they say, “in the name of God, merciful and compassionate.” And in the Persian tongue they say, “in the name of God, generous and…
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Unknown
Places:
Isfahan, Afsharid Iran (Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
1740
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Behistun Trilingual Inscription, Persia. This inscription of Darius I (reigned 522–486 BCE) illustrates the polyglot character of the Persian Empire. Versions in the Old Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian…
Places:
Kermanshah, Iran
Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
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Persian Period, Late 6th–Early 5th Century BCE