• Introduction
  • Legend of the Grain of Wisdom
  • Overview-Simplified »
    • What is Zoroastrianism?
    • Ethical Creed
    • Beliefs, Philosophy »
      • Creation, Existence & Coexistence
      • Choice
      • Moderation
      • Understanding & Wisdom
    • Free Will, Reason, Wisdom, Choice »
      • Free Will, Reason, Wisdom, Choice
      • Age of Reason
    • Conscience - Sarosh
    • Spirit, Soul, Spiritual Components »
      • Spenta & Angra Mainyu
      • Soul, Urvan. Fate of the Soul
      • Fravashi
      • Khvarenah
      • Farohar or Fravahar
    • Spiritual Quest »
      • Spiritual Quest
      • Ushta & Armaiti
    • God, Ahura Mazda »
      • Nature of God
      • Amesha Spentas
    • Way of Life & Ethos »
      • Enlightenment, Ageless Wisdom
      • Zoroastrian Ethos
    • Nature & Environment »
      • Human Beings & Nature
      • Lush Gardens - Paradise
    • Religious Texts »
      • Avesta and Zand
      • Books of the Avesta
      • Size of the Original Avesta
      • Composition & Transmission
      • Destruction of the Avesta
    • Mathra / Manthra
    • Zoroastrianism's Traditional Name
    • Labels Placed on Zoroastrianism
    • Eternal Flame
  • Overview-Expanded »
    • What is Zoroastrianism?
    • Ethical Creed
    • Beliefs, Philosophy »
      • Creation, Existence & Coexistence
      • Choice
      • Moderation
      • Understanding & Wisdom
    • Free Will, Reason, Wisdom, Choice »
      • Free Will, Reason, Wisdom, Choice
      • Age of Reason
    • Conscience - Sarosh
    • Spirit, Soul, Spiritual Components »
      • Spenta & Angra Mainyu
      • Soul, Urvan. Fate of the Soul
      • Fravashi
      • Khvarenah
      • Farohar or Fravahar
    • Spiritual Quest »
      • Spiritual Quest
      • Ushta & Armaiti
    • God, Ahura Mazda »
      • Nature of God
      • Amesha Spentas
    • Way of Life & Ethos »
      • Enlightenment, Ageless Wisdom
      • Zoroastrian Ethos
    • Nature & Environment »
      • Human Beings & Nature
      • Lush Gardens - Paradise
    • Religious Texts »
      • Avesta and Zand
      • Books of the Avesta
      • Size of the Original Avesta
      • Composition & Transmission
      • Destruction of the Avesta
    • Mathra / Manthra
    • Zoroastrianism's Traditional Name
    • Labels Placed on Zoroastrianism
    • Eternal Flame
  • Zarathushtra / Zoroaster
  • Einstein & Zoroastrianism on God
  • Zoroastrian Ethics by MA Buch (pdf)
  • Olympic Flame & Zoroastrianism
  • Western Views & Zoroastrianism »
    • Post Classical Western Authors
    • Western Views on Aryans
  • Friedrich Nietzsche & Zoroastrianism »
    • Thus Spake Zarathustra Intro
    • Thus Spake Zarathustra (text)
    • Thus Spake Zarathustra videos
  • Zoroastrian Sects »
    • Mazdak & Mazdakism
    • Revolutionary Sects
    • Babak Khorramdin
    • Zurvanism (by Zaehner) »
      • Varieties of Zurvanism
      • Classical Zurvanism
      • Zurvan
  • Demographics. Group Names »
    • Demographics. Group Names
    • Patel - Demographic Crisis (pdf)
  • Map Gallery
  • Food & Culture »
    • BBC's Taste Of Iran Videos
    • Irani Cafes & Bakeries
  • Art & Music »
    • Western Composers & Zoroastrianism
    • Avestan Calligraphy video
  • Astrology (Bundahishn) (pdf)
  • Fire of Spring - Omar Khayyam
• •
• Heritage
  • Trade »
    • Aryan Trade
    • Sogdian Trade. Silk Roads. China
    • Hormozgan
  • Boteh (Paisley)
  • Termeh - Silk & Wool
  • Gara Sari
  • Kareez (Qanat) Water Distribution
  • Irani Cafes & Bakeries
  • Indian Parsees & Iranis - Old Photos
  • Persian Gardens
  • Sace / Ses Ceremonial Tray
• •
• Early History
  • Prehistory »
    • Dawn of History - Early Peoples
    • Cave Dwellings of Old Iran
    • Cave Dwelling of Shanidar
    • Prehistoric Sites - Iran & Environs
    • Jiroft - Historical Site
    • Nisaya (Nisa). Anau
  • Aryans »
    • Who Were the Aryans?
    • Aryan Prehistory
    • Aryan Legendary History
    • Aryan Religions & Wars
    • Aryan Homeland in Scripture
    • Aryan Trade
    • Aryan Homeland Location
    • Western Views on Aryans
  • Pamirs »
    • Pamir Badakhshan Region
    • Pamiri Houses
    • Pamiri Historical Sites
  • Turan & Sugd (Sogdiana) »
    • Turan
    • Sogdian Trade. Silk Roads. China
    • Sugd (Uzbekistan)
    • Sugd (Tajikistan)
  • Mouru (Margiana) »
    • Gonur
    • Merv
  • Bakhdhi (Bactria) »
    • Ai Khanum
    • Sheberghan & Yemshi Tepe
    • Talayeh Tepe / Tillya Tepe
  • Nisaya-Parthava (Parthia) »
    • Nisaya (Nisa). Anau
    • Parthava (Parthia)
    • Parthava Region & People
    • Historical Milestones
    • Historical Places
  • Haroyu (Aria)
  • Urvam-Khvarizem (Chorasmia) »
    • Location. Saka. Turks
    • Dakhma & Kalas
    • Ayaz Kalas
    • Fire Temples & Kalas
  • Vehrkana-Varkana (Hyrcania) »
    • Vehrkana-Varkana (Hyrcania)
    • Gorgan Wall
  • Saka. Fergana, Scythia, Turks »
    • Saka, Pathia, Dahi, Sistan, Scythia
    • Nomads, Predators, Paraetaceni
    • Tigrakhauda, Haumavarga, Fergana, Women
    • Paradarya, Turks, Turan
  • Dahi (Dahistan)
  • Far Eastern Lands »
    • Tashkurgan, Khotan, Tochari
    • Phryni & Seres
    • Kushan
    • Chionites
    • Heptalon / Hephthalite
    • Sogdian Trade. Silk Roads. China
  • Ranghaya Mitanni Hatti/Kurdistan »
    • Ranghaya / Kurdistan
    • Mitanni
    • Hatti / Hittites
    • Mitanni Hittite Treaty
    • Temple Ruins at Ani, Turkey
  • Urmia, Azerbaijan, Kandovan »
    • Azerbaijan, Urmia, N.Zagros
    • Azargoshasb Temple Site
    • Temple at Surakhani, Azerbaijan
    • Kandovan Cave Village Introduction
    • Kandovan Cave Village Photo Tour
  • Zagros, Parsua, Kassites »
    • Zagros, Parsua
    • Kassites
  • Mada (Media)
  • Parsa (Persia Cyrus Darius) »
    • Achaemenian History. Cyrus Darius »
      • Early Persian-Achaemenian History
      • Cyrus the Great
      • Cambyses (Kabujiya) II & Gaumata
      • Darius the Great
      • Persepolis, Achaemenian Capital
      • Videos - Persepolis
      • Videos - Achaemenian Empire
    • Sassanian History »
      • Nigin Miri's Sassanian Fars (pdf)
    • Naqsh-e Rustam Historical Site »
      • Location & Elamite Relief
      • Achaemenid Tombs. Sassanian Reliefs
    • Behistun Historical Site
    • Susa Historical Site
    • Iran and Persia - The Same?
  • Greek Persian Connections »
    • Legendary Connections
    • Achaemenian Era Relations & Wars
    • Olympic Flame & Zoroastrianism
  • TIMELINES: RULERS 1000 BCE-650 CE
  • MAPS GALLERY
• •
• 650CE+ History
  • Arabs & Iranian Resistance »
    • Early Islamic History
    • Fight & Flight 650-750
    • Abu Muslim
    • Revolutionary Sects 650-850
    • Babak Khorramdin
  • Zoroastrians in Iran - Conditions »
    • Conditions 650-1400s
    • Conditions 1500s-1800s
    • Irani Renaissance. Benefactors
    • Parsi Assistance
  • Parsees of India »
    • Escape from Iran
    • Sanjan
    • Destruction of Sanjan
    • Settlement of India's Westcoast
    • Settlement of Konkan Thana
    • Parsees & Surat's Development
    • Hodivala:Studies in Parsi History (pdf)
    • Karaka:Parsees (pdf)
    • Karaka:History of the Parsis (pdf)
    • Framjee: History Manners Customs (pdf)
    • National Geographic 1905: Parsees (pdf)
  • Azerbaijan, Urmia, Kandovan Region »
    • Azerbaijan, Urmia, N.Zagros
    • Temple at Surakhani
    • Azargoshasb Temple Site
    • Kandovan - Troglodyte Village
  • Hormozgan / Hormuz Region »
    • History, Zoroastrian Connections
    • Trade Traders Travellers
    • People & Places 1 Minab, Old Hormuz
    • People & Places 2 Hormuz Island, Oman
  • Kerman Region »
    • Kerman Region
    • Maymand - Troglodyte Village
    • Jiroft - Historical Site
  • Khorasan / Kuhistan Region
  • Tajikistan Region
  • Turkmenistan Region
  • Uzbekistan Region
  • Yazd Region »
    • Yazd Region & City
    • Innovative Desert Technologies
    • Zoroastrianism in Yazd
    • Schools. Markerabad. Pioneers
    • Pilgrimage Sites
  • Present Cave Dwellings »
    • Kandovan Cave Village Introduction
    • Kandovan Cave Village Photo Tour
    • Maymand - Troglodyte Village
  • Iran and Persia - The Same?
  • MAPS GALLERY
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• Worship
  • Worship Introduction, Manthra »
    • Act of Worship - Prayers
    • Eternal Flame
    • Prayer and the Manthra
    • Early Zoroastrian Worship
    • Healing Prayer
  • Healing Prayer
  • Fire & Light
    • Fire & Light
    • Eternal Flame
  • Priesthood & Magi
  • Places of Worship »
    • Outdoor Worship. Tajikistan
    • Early Fire Houses and Temples
    • Temple Ruins at Ani, Turkey
    • Chahar-Taqi Design
    • Old Temples of Khorasan
    • Temple at Surakhani, Azerbaijan
    • Azargoshasb Temple Site
    • Modern Temples: Atash Bahram
    • Modern Temples: Agiary, Darbe Mehr
  • Sudrah/Sudre and Kusti/Kushti
  • Sace / Ses Ceremonial Tray
  • Liturgical Ceremonies
  • Pilgrimage Sites in Yazd »
    • Pir-e Sabz / Chak-Chak
    • Seti Pir
    • Pir-e Naraki
    • Pir-e Banu
    • Pir-e Narestaneh
    • Pir-e Herisht
    • Cypress at Abarkuh / Abarqu
  • Pilgrimage Site - Udvada
• •
• Scriptures. Language
  • Avesta Texts
  • Avesta Compilation & Destruction
  • Scripture Selections
  • Gatha Composition by M. Schwartz (pdf)
  • Manuscripts
  • Avestan, Iranian, Persian Languages
  • Old Persian Discovery
  • Aramaic
  • Learn Avestan by Karanjia (pdf)
  • Dari by Farudi, Toosarvand (pdf)
  • Avestan Calligraphy video
• •
• Ceremonies
  • Liturgical Ceremonies
  • Cleansing & Purification Ceremonies
  • Sace / Ses Ceremonial Tray
  • Navjote, Sudreh Pooshi. Initiation
  • Sudrah/Sudre and Kusti/Kushti
  • Jashan / Jashne - Thanksgiving Ceremonies
  • Marriage »
    • Overview, Customs, Divorce
    • Indian Weddings
    • Yazdi Iranian Weddings
    • Modern Iranian Weddings
  • Funeral Customs »
    • Fate of the Soul. Eschatology
    • Death Ceremonies
    • Methods. Towers of Silence
    • Ossuaries
• •
• Festivals. Calendar
  • New Year - Nowruz »
    • Overview
    • Pre-Nowruz Festivities
    • Nowruz Day Table & Customs
  • Fire of Spring - Omar Khayyam
  • New Year's Eve - Pateti
  • Gahambar / Gahanbar
  • Jashne Sadeh @ Fire & Light
  • Jashne Tirgan @ Grid
  • Jashne Yalda @ Grid
  • Annual Festivals Calendar
  • Calendar »
    • Overview & Organization
    • 365-Day Calendar Grid
    • Monthly Calendar Grids
    • Pithavala's Zoroastrian Year (pdf)
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• References
  • Strabo
  • Herodotus »
    • Herodotus' Histories
    • Herodotus on Persians
    • Herodotus on Scythians
  • Xenophon »
    • Xenophon' Anabasis
    • Xenophon' Cyropaedia
  • Ptolemy Bk. 6
  • Parthian Stations by Isidorus
  • The Persians by Aeschylus
  • Jackson - Persia Past Present (pdf)
  • Markham's History of Persia (pdf)
  • Ragozin: Media Babylon Persia
  • Rawlinson: 7 Great Monarchies
  • Sykes' History of Persia »
    • Sykes' History of Persia Vol 1 (pdf)
    • Sykes' History of Persia Vol 2 (pdf)
  • Western Authors & Zoroastrianism »
    • Post Classical Western Authors
    • Western Views on Aryans
    • Darmesteter: Introduction
    • Goethe: Parsi Nameh
    • Gerth: Zoroastrians & Internet (pdf)
    • Haug: Zoroastrianism (pdf) »
      • Essays: History,Grammar,Avesta (pdf)
      • Lecture: Yasna 45 (pdf)
    • Jackson: Persia Past Present (pdf)
  • Friedrich Nietzsche & Zoroastrianism »
    • Thus Spake Zarathustra Intro
    • Thus Spake Zarathustra (text)
    • Thus Spake Zarathustra videos
  • Map Gallery
  • Historic Ages. Categories of Time
  • Links
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• Ancient Healing
  • Wellness & Healing Concepts
  • Baresman (Barsom)
  • Haoma (Hom)
  • Healing Prayer
  • Useful Plants of Iran (pdf)
  • Persian Gardens
• •
• Shahnameh 
  • Ferdowsi & His Work
  • Shahnameh Manuscripts
  • Shahnameh's Characters
  • The Heroes - Story in Brief
  • Shahnameh in English

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Author: K. E. Eduljee