Zoroastrians : their religious beliefs and practices by Boyce, Mary instant download

Zoroastrians : their religious beliefs and practices by Boyce, Mary instant download

xxv, 252 pages : 22 cm, This book, now re-issued with a new introduction by Mary Boyce, is the first attempt to trace the continuous history of the faith from the time it was preached by Zoroaster down to the present day -- a span of about 3,500 years. First taught among nomads on the Asian steppes, Zoroastrianism became the state religion of the three great Iranian empires. With the conquest of Iran by the Muslim Arabs, Zoroastrianism lost its secular power but continues to survive as a minority faith, Originally published: London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979, Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index, Foreward to this edition -- Preface -- Glossary -- Signs and abbreviations -- The background -- Zoroaster and his teaching -- The establishment o Mazda worship -- The unrecorded centuries -- Under the Achaemenians -- Under the Seleucids and Arsacids -- Under the early Sasanians -- During the mid Sasanian period -- Under the later Sasanians -- Under the Caliphs -- Under IL-khans, rajahs, and sultans -- Under the Safavids and Mughals -- Under the Qajars and British -- In the Twentieth Century