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ariel · 28th December 2012, 01:02 AM

It is certainly not Caucasian. Persian would be my guess. 19th century or later.

Although the "Ali-zulfikar" sentence is spread across Islamic cultures, it is most often associated with the Shia branch.

28th December 2012, 01:02 AM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	It is certainly not Caucasian. Persian would be my guess. 19th century or later. Although the "Ali-zulfikar" sentence is spread across Islamic cultures, it is most often associated with the Shia branch.