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Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin
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Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin (né Jacques Duchesne, born 21 April 1910 in Jupille and died 8 February 2012 in Liège) was a Belgian linguist, philologist, and orientalist who was professor at the University of Liège and specialized in ancient Iran.
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To identify his (Zoroaster's) country, one has to take into account the importance they attach to cattle.
Pour identifier son pays, il faut tenir compte de l'importance qu'il attache au bœuf.
La religion de l'Iran ancien by Duchesne-Guillemin, Jacques quoted in G. Gnoli. Zoroaster’s Time and Homeland: A Study on the Origins of Mazdeism and Related Problems by Gherardo Gnoli, Instituto Universitario Orientale, Seminario di Studi Asiatici, (Series Minor VII), Naples, 1980.
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