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That also happened, but I'm pretty sure most of the time dhimmi rulings were adopted. That's why, say, Zoroastrians got to stay Zoroastrian.
Are we discussing Sunni empires or Shia empires?
Mostly Sunni, why do you ask? Iran was Sunni until the 16th century no?
My knowladge of Iran history is not very good. I was under false impression they were always Shia. TIL