originate from the region of Pahla. These show clear Parthian influences, but also Old Azerbaijani and Kurdish, or are written in the Persian dialects of the mentioned regions, which have a strong Northwestern Iranian character.

Therefore, Fahlaviyat is to be understood as a collection of poems in the Fahlawi or Pahlawi language, as well as the only remaining example of Parthian language or Parthian dialects with a directly transmitted proper name. That