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script, are traditionally known as "Pahlavi literature". The earliest texts in Zoroastrian Middle Persian were probably written down in late Sassanid times (6th–7th centuries), although they represent the codification of earlier oral tradition. However, most texts, including the
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Contemporary Persian and Classical Persian are the same language, but writers since 1900 are classified as contemporary. At one time, Persian was a common cultural language of much of the non-Arabic Islamic world. Today it is the official language of
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Other, less abundantly attested varieties of Middle Persian literature include the 'Manichaean Middle Persian' corpus, used for a sizable amount of
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in the 7th century, shortly after which Middle Persian began to evolve into New Persian, Middle Persian continued to be used by the
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is a book that described all the events which historically or mythically occurred on the 6th day of the Persian month of
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Several other works, now lost, are known of from references to them in other languages. Works of this group include:
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These divisions are not mutually exclusive. Several different literary genres are represented in Pahlavi literature.
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The corpus of medieval texts of Zoroastrian tradition include around 75 works, of which only a few are well known:
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in about the 5th century, priests attached to the Sassanid court began to compile an immense chronicle, the
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and hymns (3rd–9th, possibly 13th century). Even less-well attested are the Middle Persian compositions of
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is another pseudo-prophetic text, in this case cast as a question-and-answer dialog between Zoroaster and
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Scribes also created several glossaries for translating foreign languages. Of these, two have survived:
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relates the dream-journey of a devout Zoroastrian (the 'Viraf' of the story) through the next world.
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corpus include exegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the
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to the Sassanid court to test Iranian wits, in response to which a priest invented
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priesthood for religious and secular compositions. These compositions, in the
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poem recast into Book Pahlavi but retaining many Parthian phrases and idioms.
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is the only to survive fully, and is for this reason regarded as 'the'
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and thus also came to be used by non-Persian Iranians. Following the
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is a description of the "Wonders and Remarkable Features of Sistan".
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Especially important to cultural and law historians is the
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through the model of a question-and-answer dialog with
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seizure of the throne. The letter was translated into
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containing advice and injunctions for proper behavior.
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religious writings, including many theological texts,
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other exegetical compositions on religious subjects.
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It is the largest source of 1: 2474:Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani 1714:Abu'l Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami 1232:Kassock Pahlavi Reproductions 1171:, New York: iranicaonline.org 910:to challenge the Indian king. 4404:Persian literature by period 1214:Scholar Raham Asha's website 715:("Religious Decisions") and 2177:Mohammad Qoli Salim Tehrani 1208:Avesta-Zoroastrian Archives 928:Abdih ud Sahigih i Sagistan 887:texts, the Iranian type of 570: 4450: 2255:Mirza Mohammad Taqi Sepehr 1024:, finished around 1000 CE. 4399:Middle Persian literature 4370: 3982: 3884: 3791:Muslim conquest of Persia 3771:Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars 3654: 3605: 3533: 3321: 2479:Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar 2299: 2288: 2015:Emad al-Din Faqih Kermani 1470: 1459: 1406:Shahrestanha-ye Eranshahr 1356: 1343: 1306: 1293: 943:Mah farvardin Ruz khordad 877:Shahrestaniha i Eranshahr 749:text (a class of Iranian 742:Daedestan i Menog-i Khrad 487:Middle Persian literature 4072:101 Names of Ahura Mazda 3863:Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom 2894:Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh 1937:Zartosht Bahram e Pazhdo 1760:Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi 1656:Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani 1316:Old Persian inscriptions 956:Madayan i Hazar Dadestan 4258:Three Persian religions 3858:Roman–Iranian relations 3244:Houshang Moradi Kermani 2848:Houshang Moradi Kermani 2843:Jaafar Modarres-Sadeghi 2828:Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh 2739:Zeyn al-Abedin Maraghei 2239:Zayn al-Abidin Shirvani 2213:Abbas Foroughi Bastami 1066:, and from Arabic into 970:, a glossary of common 725:Vichitakiha i Zatsparam 3786:Revolts and civil wars 2696:Ghassem Hashemi Nezhad 2247:Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat 1868:Shams al-Din Qays Razi 1611:Khwaja Abdullah Ansari 1252:, Encyclopædia Iranica 1173:, accessed August 2010 1163:Cereti, C. 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