Sentence examples for persian origin from inspiring English sources

Finding cochineal in silk may be a good indication for Persian origin, and lac may be found in wool of both Indian and Persian textiles.

The carpet, possibly of Persian origin, measures 6 × 6.5 feet (1.8 × 2.0 metres).

Another iconic drink-dessert, also of Persian origin, is "falooda", which is like a cross between sundae and bubble tea.

This Urdu word, of Persian origin, apparently describes "the suspension of disbelief that can occur, often through good storytelling".

It was also reported that some of the DNA obtained from Viking graves in Sweden reveals people of Persian origin.

In western India a dynasty of satraps of Persian origin had been ruling since the 1st century ad.

Clerics accused of Persian origins were expelled.

In the 1970s, tens of thousands of Shias were expelled to Iran under the pretext of their "Persian origins".

With regard to the common denomination of "Ikhwân al-Safâ'", the old hypothesis by I. Goldziher deserves mention: according to which the name could have been borrowed from the famous collection of fables of indo-persian origin Kalîla wa Dimna to indicate a group of loyal friends.

Like most Mughal tombs, the basic elements are Persian in origin.

She was proud of her British citizenship and, in later years, of her Persian Parsee origins (she referred to herself as "an ancient Persian"), and maintained a fierce spirit of independence, a ruthless perfectionism and an enduring affinity to "the old civilisation" of China.