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By coincidence, Sam is Parsi and comes from the very part of India where the
Zoroastrians, descendants of the ancient Magi, sought refuge. Sam was born and brought up as a Zoroastrian, before converting to Christianity. The Magi – one of whom he is playing – are his distant
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Dastor is best known for his many appearances on
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