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They were not an intellectual people: they were soldiers and rulers. LITERATURE Works mentioned on pp 16, 42; Encycl. Brit., Art. Persia; Vaux, Persia from the Monuments ; Noeldeke, Aufsdtze zur persischen Geschichte ; Justi, Geschichte trans ; Markham, General Sketch of the History of Persia . In Eastern Asia the Chinese nation was built up, the principal achievement of the Mongolian race.
As regards the word ain in the Iranian languages see Horn Grundriss der neu persischen Etymologie, 15-16; Hubschmann, Persische Studien 11, and B.G.A. IV, 175, and VIII, Glossarium IX. To understand the ancient usage of the term the modern Parsi expression Dad wa ain din in the sense of religious law and custom helps us.
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