"[The milieu of the Persian court was one in which intellectual and artistic intercourse between representatives of th…"

"We have also seen that according to the prevalent view of the traditionists, a female polytheist must be converted to…"

"Shafi‘i's treatment of the issue is slightly different. Speaking of grown-up Zoroastrian or polytheist women taken in…"

"The prevalent view of the jurisprudents is that sexual intercourse of any kind is not permissible with Zoroastrian or…"

"There is nothing wrong in a man having sexual relations with his Zoroastrian slave-girl."

"If Zoroastrian and idolatrous women are taken prisoner, they are coerced into Islam; if they embrace it, sexual relat…"

"Oh! I could toil for thee o’er burning plains; Could smile at poverty’s disastrous blow; With thee, could wander ’mid…"

"Now the Scythians say that their nation is the youngest of all nations, and that this came to pass as follows:—The fi…"

"Come they from Scythian wilds afar, Our blood to spill?"

"Are not the Scythians of men the wisest? Who when their children are first born do give them The milk of mares and co…"