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and the Persians had achieved a position of power in the Islamic world comparable to their numbers and capabilities, ?Ajam" became a simple ethnic and geographical designation." Thus by the ninth century, the term was being used by Persians themselves as an ethnic term, and examples can be given by Asadi Tusi in his poem comparing the superiority of Persians and Arabs.Accordingly: "territorial notions of 'Iran' are reflected in such terms as iransahr, iranzamin, or Faris, the Arabicized form of Pars/Fars (Persia).

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