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Arabic Unicode (Kashida position)

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From: Bowyer Jeff
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 12:50
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Sender: ghane@chaph.usc.edu (Kamran Ghane)

Does anybody know why in Arabic Unicode code page the Kashida code is placed
among the other alphabet codes and not before or after them? Considering the
sort order, its position doesn't make any sense.
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From: jbowyer@rhino.cis.vutbr.cz (Bowyer Jeff)
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Subject: Arabic Unicode (Kashida position)
Date: 11 Aug 1993 14:50:42 +0200
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