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   >> Pauline   
   > Baynes, who was no fool, obviously perceived them as West Asian,   
   > considering how she chose to depict them - apparently without   
   > Lewis objecting.   
      
   >Oh, I agree completely.  Lewis clearly does have pagan Babylon and   
   ancient Persia in mind, as does his illustrator, as a model for his   
   pagan culture.   
      
   >But I thought you were trying to prove something else.   
      
   Do you mean that there was an element of anti-Muslim sentiment in his   
   depiction of the calormenes? I think there probably was, but I don't think   
   one should get too upset about it. It is a stereotype, but very much of its   
   time.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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