The Persian

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The Persian is a major character from the Gaston Leroux novel The Phantom of the Opera. In the book he is the one who tells most of the background of Erik's history. He is referred to by Erik as the "daroga", Persian for "police chief". In Susan Kay's novel Phantom his name is given as Nadir.

His memoirs are featured in three chapters of the novel.

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