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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 320280, member: 2844&quot;]It is Persian, though, not Arabic. The style is Persian, a style which was also introduced in India and Pakistan. And they were neighbours, of course.</p><p>The style of your charger is Indian, much more elegant and refined than this charger. </p><p>Persians have no problem with depicting animals, here is a gold Pahlavi coin with the Persian Lion:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQxT56bj6ngBJzpECMOiMK83Mi5CYjH_XYzGtD67lTDUj62HJkdwA&amp;sp=7f7719c24de97456aa5f5d47c930ad58&amp;anticache=90765" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arabs don&#039;t have a problem with depicting animals either. United Arab Emirates:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcT8WZkBqMrfF0YJo97MhPMkT3nGgt2uU517k-_jPCU3rJsqoNVgEQ&amp;sp=c0c5bf3abba3d62ec4e5554ce78895e5&amp;anticache=910020" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are certain schools of thought in Islam which prohibit the depiction of animals, but it is not a general thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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