Carlo G. Cereti. “From Middle to New Persian: Written Materials from Northern Iran and Khorasan”

Abstract

After the Arab-Muslim conquest (c. 650 CE), what we know of Middle Persian literacy in the territory known as Ērānsahr is still little documented. Precisely, there is little evidence about linguistic developments during the first two centuries but for an extract allegedly written by ibn al-Muqaffa. Most of scholars’ debate on this passage is based on the studied evidence – mainly, the inscriptions found on the south western part of the Sasanian empire. Sure enough, Pahlavi alphabet was still ...