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724–840 · 8th-century Persian author and translator

Also known as: Rōzbih pūr-i Dādōē, ʿAbdallāh Ibn-al-Muqaffaʿ, Ибн аль-Мукаффа, عبد الله بن المقفع, 압둘라 이븐 알무카파, イブン・アル・ムカッファ

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