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Persianate world: what “Span” does not decide

Courts, poetry and administrative Persian from Iran to South and Central Asia — a cultural grammar, not a race. Span is a boundary — Iran · India · Central Asia — not a winner and not a league table.

At a glance

The boundarySpan: Iran · India · Central Asia. That sentence limits the claim. It does…
ArtsArts adds a second limit: Poetry · miniature. If the two limits disagree,…
Leave it as a checkUse the published tool for Persianate world with this limit in view. Check 2…
Stop hereThis describes culture, language, or population. It does not rank races or…

Do not turn Span (Iran · India · Central Asia) into a ranking. For Persianate world it only sits next to Arts: Poetry · miniature.

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Persianate world

  • Lingua franca Persian (historical)
  • Span Iran · India · Central Asia
  • Arts Poetry · miniature
  • Faiths Plural courts
  • Script Perso-Arabic
  • Today Living literature

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  • Music Boi-Bumbá · carimbó

Reading checklist

Tick a point once you could explain it in your own words. Ticks stay on this device.

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The boundary

Span: Iran · India · Central Asia. That sentence limits the claim. It does not crown a person, a people, or a nation.

Arts

Arts adds a second limit: Poetry · miniature. If the two limits disagree, keep both and do not average them into a prize.

Leave it as a check

Use the published tool for Persianate world with this limit in view. Check 2 of 4 is whether the axis you care about even includes Span.

Stop here

This describes culture, language, or population. It does not rank races or peoples. Faiths: Plural courts.

This describes culture, language, or population. It does not rank races or peoples.

What should I do with “Span”?

Do not turn Span (Iran · India · Central Asia) into a ranking. For Persianate world it only sits next to Arts: Poetry · miniature.

Does this page rank people or nations?

This describes culture, language, or population. It does not rank races or peoples.

Where is the existing tool?

Use the two links below: the topic entry for Persianate world and the signature tool. The figure to carry is Iran · India · Central Asia.

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