Friday, December 11, 2009

Nintendor

Prior to the reign of Nintendor (r. 1925 - 1941), the people of Persia (Iran) did not use surnames. A person was often distinguished from others by a combination of prefixes and suffixes attached to his name which, if omitted, might cause him to be taken for someone else.
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