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 :::::::Let's put a picture of Ferdowsi then.  It is true, Zoroaster was not ""technically"" Persian but he was Iranian.  The term Persian is not clear cut really.  Sometimes it refers to Persian speakers, sometimes to Persian speakers and other dialects of Persians, sometimes it is used a geographical term, sometimes it refers to all Iranic speakers.  All definitions are valid in their historical context and setting.   "