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An amanuensis of his, Jabala bin Salim, is noticed in the Fihrist as one of the translators from Persian. Ho provided his master with material from Pahlavi books. For the History of the Arabs of that period Tabari has used a variety of other sources, most prominent among them being Muhammad Ibn Ishak who is better known as the biographer of the prophet.
That a Sudra is not qualified for knowledge of Brahman appears from that fact also that as soon as Gautama has convinced himself that Jabala, who wishes to become his pupil, is not a Sudra, he proceeds to teach him the knowledge of Brahman. The Sudra is specially forbidden to hear and study the Veda and to perform the things enjoined in it.
Balazuri and Jabala ibn Salem have already been mentioned above. In this way the themes handled by these writers may be called epico-historical and ethico-didactic. Purely historical questions interested the seven succeeding translators from Ishaq ibn Yazid to Mobed Behram. These persons are sufficiently known in their special departments of literature.
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