Found inside – Page 803The Zoroastrian cemetery in Tehran (Qaßr-i Firùza) is named after the wife of ... Anàhìtà is the most famous Zoroastrian goddess and is better known than ... The essays collected here examine the many texts that have come down to us about these cultures and their religions, from Muslim theologians and jurists. The verses took Ferdowsi over three decades to complete. Although it draws heavily from established mythology and the historical archives of Persia, Ferdowsi also imbues the poem's story with his own vivid inventions and plot devices. More fragmentary or tangential evidence takes many forms - among them, archaeological remains, administrative records in subject lands, and the always tricky stuff of legend.Given these challenges, Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror ... This book, written by notable experts in the field, explores various key aspects of the Parsis, spanning the time from their arrival in India to the twenty-first century. Found inside – Page 961At his behest , Zubin Mehta — the famed conductor of Zoroastrian origins — came to Iran in the mid - 1960s and performed . Mehr had his first brush with ... Found inside – Page 56I call Zoroastrians in Iran and abroad, and all Iranians from the divine ... told the Congress of Zoroastrians that Islam shared the famous Zoroastrian ... The report finds that Iran's ethnic and religious minorities are frequently subjected to hate speech and police intimidation, and routinely denied fundamental rights and opportunities."--Publisher description. Found insideThe chapters in this volume do not represent the whole of the Middle East and North Africa, as such a collection would have been too large for one volume. IN SEARCH OF ZARATHUSTRA is a quest to trace the influence of the prophet the Greeks called Zoroaster and considered the greatest religious legislator of the ancient world. Found inside – Page 281Today there are fewer than 200,000 Zoroastrians worldwide, mainly in Iran and India. Famous Zoroastrians include the orchestra conductor Zubin Mehta, ... Catalog of an exhibition held at the Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Oct. 11-Dec. 14, 2013. A new, lushly illustrated edition of the classic work Shahnameh. Found insideHow the camel got his lump, how the leopard got his spots, and 10 other stories are told. Found inside – Page 119Zoroastrian and Iranian Studies in Honour of Philip G. Kreyenbroek ... can be counted among the famous Zoroastrian pilgrim destinations of pre-Islamic Iran. This volume provides a substantial introduction on the life and doctrines of Zarathushtra and compares the development of religion in India with that of Iran. " It is also the source of Nietzsche's famous (and much misconstrued) statement that "God is dead." Though this is essentially a work of philosophy, it is also a masterpiece of literature, a cross between prose and poetry. Filling the obvious lacunae in the literature on British "colonialism," Indian society and history, and, last but not least, "Zoroastrianism," this book broadens our knowledge of the interaction of colonialism and colonial groups, and ... Found insideIn this comprehensive and up to date history, from prehistoric proto-Indo-Iranian times to the post-Soviet period, Richard Foltz traces the complex linguistic, cultural and political history of the Tajiks, a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic ... Provides an introduction to the major religions of the ancient Mediterranean and explores current research regarding the similarities and differences among them. The book also describes a complex of religious ideas that, however varied in space and unstable over time, has demonstrated a remarkable persistence in Iran across a period of two millennia. It has also involved a survey questionnaire in eight countries, yielding over 1,840 responses. This is the first book to attempt a global comparison of Diaspora groups in six continents. An introduction to Iran provides information on the nation's population, religion, education system, transportation, communications, tourism, environment, and wildlife. Here is a place where mullahs visit prostitutes, drug kingpins run crystal meth kitchens, surgeons restore girls' virginity and homemade porn is sold in the sprawling bazaars; a place where ordinary people are forced to lead extraordinary ... "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafez. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. It has given us images of fabled cities and exotic peoples. Religions of the Silk Route tells the story of how religions accompanied merchants and their goods along the overland Asian trade routes of pre-modern times. "This report recommends: a comprehensive revision of Iran's domestic legislation, in line with international standards on gender equality and other human rights ; the elimination of criminal provisions which discriminate between men and ... Relates how the rhinoceros's lack of manners resulted in his baggy skin and bad temper. Crossing the boundaries of numerous fields of study, this book reframes Iranian nationalism within the context of the connected, transnational, and global history of the modern era. Iran has in fact played an unparalleled role in shaping all the world religions, injecting Iranian ideas into the Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, and Muslim traditions. The stories of the Shahnameh are deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works as The Kite Runner and the love poems of Rumi and Hafez. Found inside – Page 100Zoroastrian Political Structures : Under the Sassanian Empire , Zoroastrianism was the state religion . Religious ... The famous Zoroastrian tors . ast ers doctors , astrologists , and lawmakers disappeared by the third century after the conquest . The book focuses on two main concerns of the community: continuity with the past, hence a claim of being the authentic Iranians; and distinction from the dominant Shi?a, thus appealing to fellow non-Zoroastrians who are disenchanted with ... In Pious Citizens, Ringer tells the story of a major intellectual revolution in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century India and Iran, one that radically transformed the role of religion in society. 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