Parsi Zoroastrians
A living tradition within Zoroastrianism. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Parsi Zoroastrians is a living tradition within Zoroastrianism. Also written Parsis, Parsees.
Origin
No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. NULL: not a founded sect but a community defined by migration. Parsis are the larger of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent, descended from Zoroastrian refugees from Islamic Persia who settled in western India. The Qissa-i Sanjan, written in 1599 CE by the Parsi priest Bahman Kaikobad, is the traditional account of the settlement; it gives no precise dates but round figures, and scholars place the arrival between the eighth and tenth centuries CE. On the Qissa's account the immigrants originated in Greater Khorasan and were permitted to stay by the local ruler Jadi Rana on condition that they adopt the Gujarati language, that their women adopt local dress, and that they cease to bear arms.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Parsi Zoroastrians.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-parsi-zoroastrians.
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}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.