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Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron

European scholarly interest in Iranian language and civilization began in the late 1700s with the development of comparative linguistics and a French scholar's translation of the Avesta. British scholars were interested due to Persian being used administratively in India, while Germans saw cultural links with Iran as fellow Aryan civilizations. The major European organization for Iranian Studies is the Societas Iranologica Europea, and the Iran Heritage Foundation in London supports Iranian studies and cultural events at universities.

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Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron

European scholarly interest in Iranian language and civilization began in the late 1700s with the development of comparative linguistics and a French scholar's translation of the Avesta. British scholars were interested due to Persian being used administratively in India, while Germans saw cultural links with Iran as fellow Aryan civilizations. The major European organization for Iranian Studies is the Societas Iranologica Europea, and the Iran Heritage Foundation in London supports Iranian studies and cultural events at universities.

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European scholarly interest in Iranian language and civilization dates back to the late eighteenth century, with the

emergence of comparative Indo-European linguistics and the translation of the Avesta by French scholar Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron. British interest in Persian was spurred by the fact that it was the administrative language of much of India; German scholars were attracted by the purported cultural links with Iran as a fellow "Aryan" civilization. The major European scholarly organization devoted to Iranian Studies is the Societas Iranologica Europea. The London-based Iran Heritage Foundation supports Iranian studies at several universities and sponsors a wide range of public cultural events.

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