Home›Open Questions›What would a dated, sourced count of Yarsani adherents over time require, given that no state census counts them as a distinct category?Open QuestionsWhat would a dated, sourced count of Yarsani adherents over time require, given that no state census counts them as a distinct category?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "What would a dated, sourced count of Yarsani adherents over time require, given that no state census counts them as a distinct category?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/what-would-a-dated-sourced-count-of-yarsani-adherents-over-time-require.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). What would a dated, sourced count of Yarsani adherents over time require, given that no state census counts them as a distinct category?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/what-would-a-dated-sourced-count-of-yarsani-adherents-over-time-requireCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-what-would-a-dated-sourced-count-of-yars, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {What would a dated, sourced count of Yarsani adherents over time require, given that no state census counts them as a distinct category?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/what-would-a-dated-sourced-count-of-yarsani-adherents-over-time-require}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionYarsani adherents are folded into Iran's broader Muslim population in its national census, and no other government or denominational body maintains a count of them; every published figure is an undated snapshot from fieldwork, advocacy or journalism rather than one point in a tracked series.What would resolve this A dedicated demographic study, most plausibly built from community register data the Yarsani community itself might keep informally, or from a specially commissioned survey, giving dated counts that could be compared over time the way this axis compares other bodies.OpenDemography, Iranian religious minority studiesPhilip G. Kreyenbroek, The Religious Textual Heritage of the Yarsan (Ahl-e Haqq)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnYarsanism, Religions Well-attested SourcesThe Religious Textual Heritage of the Yarsan (Ahl-e Haqq)tier 1Philip G. Kreyenbroek, Oral Tradition, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 331-340, 2022View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year