People during the first Pahlavi in close-up view

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Under the Qajar dynasty the Persian character of homeland was not very explicit. Although the country was referred to as Persia by westerners, and the dominant language in court and administration was Persian the dichotomy between pure Persian and Turkic elements had remained obvious until 1925.

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