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“And among these countries there was a place where previously daiva [demons] were worshiped. Afterwards, by the grace of Ahuramazda, I destroyed that sanctuary of daiva, and I proclaimed: The daiva shall not be worshipped!”

— Xerxes I

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Title: Wikiquote: Xerxes I
Type: reference · Secondary source

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I, Xerxes. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Xerxes I. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Xerxes_I

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