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Although Islamists in Iran like to believe that pre Islamic Iran was uncivilized jahillah culturally and if it was not for the arab hordes to invade Persia and bring culture to them, they would have stayed in Dark Ages... the fact is the ruins of the Achaemenian, Parthian and Sasanian structures are evidence of a rich background in architecture and sophistication in visual arts under Persians that went on to influence Islamic art not just in Persia but also in Indian subcontinent, North Africa, parts of Europe, and the Middle East... These are the intricate engravings of a hunting scene from Taq e Bustan...Which is today marked as a precursor to Miniature paintings made popular in Mughal era...
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 09:52:52 +0000

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