History of Parsees?

Answer 1

1 entry found for Parsees.
Par·si also Par·see Audio pronunciation of "Parsees" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pärs, pär-s)
n. pl. Par·sis, also Par·sees

A member of a Zoroastrian religious sect in India.

2 entries found for Zoroastrian.
Zo·ro·as·tri·an·ism Audio pronunciation of "Zoroastrian" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (zôr-str--nzm)
n.

The religious system founded by Zoroaster and set forth in the Avesta, teaching the worship of Ahura Mazda in the context of a universal struggle between the forces of light and of darkness.


Zoroaster
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Zoroaster, in a popular Parsi Zoroastrian depiction. This personified image of Zoroaster emerged in the 18th century, the result of an Indian Parsi Zoroastrian artist's imaginings; it quickly became a popular icon, and is now regarded by many Zoroastrians as being historically based.
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Zoroaster, in a popular Parsi Zoroastrian depiction. This personified image of Zoroaster emerged in the 18th century, the result of an Indian Parsi Zoroastrian artist's imaginings; it quickly became a popular icon, and is now regarded by many Zoroastrians as being historically based.

Zarathushtra (Avestan: Zaraθuštra), usually known in English as Zoroaster (after the Greek version, Ζωροάστρης, Zōroastrēs) was an ancient Iranian prophet, and the founder of Zoroastrianism, which was the national religion of the Sassanian Empire of Persia, and played an important role in the earlier Achaemenean and Parthian regimes. In Persian, the name takes the form Zartosht (زرتشت).

Zoroaster is generally accepted as a historical figure, but efforts to date Zoroaster vary widely. Scholarly estimates are usually roughly near 1200 BC, making him a candidate as the founder of the earliest religion based on revealed scripture, while others place him anywhere between the 18th and the 6th centuries BC.

Answer 2

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