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This document analyzes the use of 600 Persian and 284 Turkish loanwords in works by 98 significant English literary figures throughout history. It finds that 319 of these loanwords were used. The earliest usages helped characterize Islam in a negative way, but over time writers sought greater accuracy when incorporating these words from Oriental languages into descriptions of places and culture. The writer with the most uses was Lord Byron, who employed 94 different loanwords in his Oriental-themed verse ta

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