Emarukk
Assistant executioner
Persian uses approximately the same alphabet as Arab, isn't it?
Hence, it is conventient to enslave @Eulalia , since she would spot the difference between Arab and Persian immediately!
They have differences. I would not separate written Persian or Arabic from each other. Especially 9th-century variations. Armenian and Georgian would separate clearly. It is more important to think that we go southeast from the Caspian sea. "Southern Empire" has real-life references in Persia.