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every hunter was obliged to be armed with a bow and arrows, two lances, sword and shield.

In Firdusi's Book of Kings we read that the lasso was also a favorite weapon.

Hawking was well known to the Persians more than 900 years ago.

Book of Kabus XVIII.p.495.The boomerang was used in catching birds as well by the Persians as by the ancient Egyptians and the present savage tribes of New Holland.].