Cultural Folklore
The Muslim high culture of Pakistan and rest of South Asia emphasizes Arabic, Persian and Turkish culture. Islamic mythology and Persian mythology is part of Islamic folklore, as Islamic religion and Persian culture dominate Pakistan. The Shahnameh, One Thousand and One Nights and Sinbad the Sailor were part of the education of Muslim children in what is now Pakistan before English education was imposed by the British colonialism.
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