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Nowhere in the canonical Zoroastrian scriptures is there any reference
to the prophets of Mahabad. Instead these prophets are associated with
two texts written in India during the Mughal, period namely the
Dabistan-i Mazahib1 and the Desatir2. To understand
whilst digging around about this, a pount of intrest for me,
i found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassanid_Empire
with it comments on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anahita
which is (to me,anyway) enlightening on the theme of the Maid, as the strands
of the Crimson Cord braid together.
The
The Prophets of Mahábád, together with Zoroaster, were twenty-
eight in
number.
Dear Richard,
My understanding is that this statement is not from Baha'u'llah but
was a quotation from Manakji's letter. Manakji wrongly believed the
Dasatir was an authentic text whereas it was probably
On 1/30/07 12:38 PM, Richard H. Gravelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As well, in another
language, Mahabad is known as Manu, after Whom, presumably The Laws of
Manu are named.
My question is: Do we have a name for the religion which is attributed to
Mahabad?
Richard, this is interesting
