diff --git a/flows/routers/cases/tests_test.go b/flows/routers/cases/tests_test.go
index 16c14d6d0..37d4dd4c8 100644
--- a/flows/routers/cases/tests_test.go
+++ b/flows/routers/cases/tests_test.go
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ var testTests = []struct {
 	{"has_number", []types.XValue{xs("hi.51")}, result(xn("51"))},
 	{"has_number", []types.XValue{xs("hi .51")}, result(xn("0.51"))},
 	{"has_number", []types.XValue{xs(".51")}, result(xn("0.51"))},
-	{"has_number", []types.XValue{xs("١٢٣٤")}, result(xn("1234"))},
+	{"has_number", []types.XValue{xs("١٢٣٤")}, result(xn("1234"))}, // Arabic
+	{"has_number", []types.XValue{xs("۱۲۳۴")}, result(xn("1234"))}, // Eastern Arabic
 	{"has_number", []types.XValue{xs("٠.٥")}, result(xn("0.5"))},
 	{"has_number", []types.XValue{xs("nothing here")}, falseResult},
 	{"has_number", []types.XValue{xs("lOO")}, falseResult}, // no longer do substitutions
diff --git a/flows/routers/cases/utils.go b/flows/routers/cases/utils.go
index 1449196c4..9d868004c 100644
--- a/flows/routers/cases/utils.go
+++ b/flows/routers/cases/utils.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var altNumerals = map[rune]rune{
-	// Eastern Arabic
+	// Arabic-Indic digits
 	'٠': '0',
 	'١': '1',
 	'٢': '2',
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ var altNumerals = map[rune]rune{
 	'٨': '8',
 	'٩': '9',
 
+	// Eastern Arabic-Indic digits (Persian and Urdu)
+	'۰': '0',
+	'۱': '1',
+	'۲': '2',
+	'۳': '3',
+	'۴': '4',
+	'۵': '5',
+	'۶': '6',
+	'۷': '7',
+	'۸': '8',
+	'۹': '9',
+
 	// Bengali
 	'০': '0',
 	'১': '1',