Mazdakism
A tradition no longer extant within Zoroastrianism. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Little of this entry has been read at first hand.
It is published so the gap is visible and can be corrected, not because the
account is settled. Treat every claim below as attributed to the source named
beneath it rather than as established fact.
Mazdakism is recorded within Zoroastrianism and is no longer extant. Also written Mazdakite movement.
Origin
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Mazdakism.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-mazdakism.
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author = {John Shaqi},
title = {Mazdakism},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {English version},
url = {https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-mazdakism},
note = {Accessed n.d.}
}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.