Talk:Abu Ali Bal'ami

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Ethnicity

@HistoryofIran: you may want to check the entries in both Encyclopaedia of Islam Three and Encyclopedia Islamica, also can you provide a source that support Persian ethnicity? MWahaiibii (talk) 17:50, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have in fact checked the latest entry of Encyclopedia of Islam, hence why I am reverting you. You asking me to provide a source that supports Persian ethnicity is clear proof that you in fact haven't read EoL volume 3. Here's a source that you can access that does support Persian ethnicity [1] --HistoryofIran (talk) 17:56, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Where does it support a Persian ethnicity for al-Bal'ami? Regarding Encylopedia of Islam, For your information i have access to the entry, and it does not mention "Persian" at all, any other source to support such claim? MWahaiibii (talk) 18:05, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You're not really making yourself more believable when you can't see it on the source I just linked either. --HistoryofIran (talk) 18:09, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@MWahaiibii: Quote, from the "Persian literati" paragraph : "A common feature of medieval society was the existence of influential bureaucratic families of Persian origin, such as the Jeyhānis, the Balʿamis and ʿOtbis under the Samanids, the family of Neẓām-al-Molk in the Saljuq period, and, the Jovaynis and the family of Rašid-al-Din Fażl-Allāh under the Il-khanids."---Wikaviani ^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:55, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]