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People of Iranian ancestry seem over-represented as authors of early Islamic religious texts and historical works. I've heard that this is because Iran had a literary culture while the Arabs did not. But I've also heard very little Sassanian writing exists. Are there 'lost' Sassanian works?

by /u/jurble in /r/AskHistorians

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