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Persian
replaced Arabic as the
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primary
written language of the
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Abbasid court.
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Arabic was the
language of religion,
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law, and the
natural sciences.
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Persian
became the language of "high
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culture,"
used for literary expression,
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administration,
and scholarship.
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The
development of a beautiful
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calligraphy
made literature a visual art
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form.
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