Re: Persians
my ancestors were Persians
they were Persian Jews who had converted to Islam who fled Persia in the 15th Century after the Sunni-Shia war and settled in Kashmir
They were from this region called Bayat or something, when the British came, they send a Scottish Administrator to run Kashmir, and he misspelled Bayat, into a Scottish last name, which is Butt
That is why Butt, which is a Scottish Last name became associated with people in Kashmir