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1 Sometimes referred to as a translation into Pahlavi or Pehlavi (P.V. Sharma, 1970a: 57–58, and 1992d: 184; R.L. Verma, 1992: 473), which is confusing and incorrect, because Pahlavi is a Middle-Iranian language; the source of the misunderstanding may be M.Z. Siddīqī (1959: 40), who mentions a translation into Persian (Pahlawī), or C. Elgood (1979: 101), who uses Pahlavī as a synonym of New Persian. P.V. Sharma (1970a: 57–58; 1992d: 184) asserts (on the authority of C. Kunhan Raja, 1962: 277) that it dates from the early centuries of the Christian era, which is far from the truth.