re: Mahabad

2007-02-26 Thread firestorm
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 i

Re: Mahabad

2007-01-30 Thread smaneck
> > As well, in another > > language, Mahabad is known as Manu, after Whom, presumably "The > Laws of > > Manu" are named. Dear Richard, Where did you get the idea that Mahabad was Manu? Manu is sort of a Hindu version of Noah, the man who was supposed to have survived the Great Flood. To my

Re: Mahabad

2007-01-30 Thread smaneck
According to Marzieh Gail , the > "men of > Rass" would include "prophets of high rank" of whom are included > Zoroasterand Mah-Abad. Dear Richard, Lots of Baha'is have imagined that the Dasatir was an authentic text, but there is nothing in the Writings that actually endorses it. I've exam

Re: Mahabad

2007-01-30 Thread Richard H. Gravelly
Perhaps, as with most Prophets of old; no name has been remembered as to Mah-Abad's religion. Richard. Richard. - Original Message - From: "Karen Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Baha'i Studies" Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:07 PM Subject: Re: Mahabad O

Re: Mahabad

2007-01-30 Thread Karen Gould
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 inte

Re: Mahabad

2007-01-30 Thread smaneck
> "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 w