The author also displays an accurate knowledge of Persian customs and palaces.

Cleitus may have been angered at Alexander's increasing adoption of Persian customs.

The author probably lived in a Persian city, because he knew Persian customs well, and does not say anything about the land of Judah or Jerusalem.

Persian custom requires thatall religious ceremonies be conducted by Magians.

He had also learned a great deal about Persian customs and traditions from his teacher.

In Persia they mixed with the native population and thus adopted Persian customs and language.

That is a Persian custom, and I think a pretty one.

Mehriye is a Persian custom which directly translates to "Out of love".

It was not the Persian custom to grant hereditary satrapies; satrap was only a step in the cursus honorum.

After the fall of Sasanian dynasty in 651, the Umayyad Arabs adopted many Persian customs especially the administrative and the court mannerisms.