Early New Persian New Persian texts written in the Arabic script first appear in the 9th-century. The language is a direct descendant of Middle Persian, the official, religious, and literary language of the Sasanian Empire (224–651). However, it is not descended from the literary form of Middle Persian (known as pārsīk, commonly called Pahlavi), which was spoken by the people of Fars and used in Zoroastrian religious writings. Instead, it is descended from the dialect spoken by the court of the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon and the northeastern Iranian region of Khorasan, known as Dari. The region, which comprised the present territories of northwestern Afghanistan as well as parts of Central Asia, played a leading role in the rise of New Persian. Khorasan, which was the homeland of the Parthians, was Persianized under the Sasanians. Dari Persian thus supplanted Parthian language, which by the end of the Sasanian era had fallen out of use. New Persian has incorporated many foreign words, including from eastern northern and northern Iranian languages such as Sogdian and especially Parthian. thumb|Persian notes on Quranic booklets, written by a native of Tus called Ahmad Khayqani in 292 AH (905 CE). thumb|A page from a manuscript of "Kitab al-Abniya 'an Haqa'iq al-Adwiya" by Abu Mansur Muwaffaq, Copied by Asadi Tusi in 447 AH (1055 CE). The transition to New Persian was already complete by the era of the three princely dynasties of Iranian origin, the Tahirid dynasty (820–872), Saffarid dynasty (860–903), and Samanid Empire (874–999).Jackson, A. V. Williams. 1920. Early Persian poetry, from the beginnings down to the time of Firdausi. New York: The Macmillan Company. pp.17–19. (in Public Domain) Abbas of Merv is mentioned as being the earliest minstrel to chant verse in the New Persian tongue and after him the poems of Hanzala Badghisi were among the most famous between the Persian-speakers of the time.Jackson, A. V. Williams.pp.17–19.
early new persian new persian texts written in the arabic script first appear in the 9th-century the language is a direct descendant of middle persian the official religious and literary language of the sasanian empire (224–651) however it is not descended from the literary form of middle persian (known as pārsīk commonly called pahlavi) which was spoken by the people of fars and used in zoroastrian religious writings instead it is descended from the dialect spoken by the court of the sasanian capital ctesiphon and the northeastern iranian region of khorasan known as dari the region which comprised the present territories of northwestern afghanistan as well as parts of central asia played a leading role in the rise of new persian khorasan which was the homeland of the parthians was persianized under the sasanians dari persian thus supplanted parthian language which by the end of the sasanian era had fallen out of use new persian has incorporated many foreign words including from eastern northern and northern iranian languages such as sogdian and especially parthian thumb|persian notes on quranic booklets written by a native of tus called ahmad khayqani in 292 ah (905 ce) thumb|a page from a manuscript of "kitab al-abniya 'an haqa'iq al-adwiya" by abu mansur muwaffaq copied by asadi tusi in 447 ah (1055 ce) the transition to new persian was already complete by the era of the three princely dynasties of iranian origin the tahirid dynasty (820–872) saffarid dynasty (860–903) and samanid empire (874–999)jackson a v williams 1920 early persian poetry from the beginnings down to the time of firdausi new york the macmillan company pp17–19 (in public domain) abbas of merv is mentioned as being the earliest minstrel to chant verse in the new persian tongue and after him the poems of hanzala badghisi were among the most famous between the persian-speakers of the timejackson a v williamspp17–19