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Lonely Planet Iran (travel Guide)
Iranians are not Arabs
Remember that Iranians are proud of their Aryan roots, which distinguish them from the people of south Asia or the Middle East. Iranians intensely dislike being classed as Arabs, who remain unforgiven for their invasion of Iran in the 7th century. (1043-1045)
Shantaram (gregory David Roberts)
Contacts among the servants of fallen tyrannies
Abdul’s agents in South America, Asia, and Africa established contact with embezzlers, torturers, mandarins, and martinets who’d supported fallen tyrannies.