Home›Rituals›Originated In›PersiaRegionPersiaAlso Known As Persian · Ancient Persia · IranThe Near East and EgyptDocumented History and SocietyVerifiedThe Iranian plateau and its surrounds, corresponding broadly to modern Iran. Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism and the Bahai Faith are placed here. The region spans some three thousand years and three quite different situations: Zoroastrianism, whose largest community is now the Parsis of India after centuries of migration; Manichaeism, which began here and reached both the Roman world and China before dying out; and the Bahai Faith, which began in nineteenth-century Persia, is now worldwide, and whose adherents in Iran have faced sustained persecution.FactsLearn MorePersiaConnectionsIn the Other AtlasesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsGeographyLatitudeWell-attested32.4 degrees north 1Approximate reference point, rounded to one decimal place; a large or historical region has no formal center, so this coordinate is conventional, not a precise boundary claim.LongitudeWell-attested53.7 degrees east 1Approximate reference point, rounded to one decimal place; a large or historical region has no formal center, so this coordinate is conventional, not a precise boundary claim.Modern AreaWell-attestedIran 1TraditionsPrincipal Religious TraditionsWell-attestedManichaeism 2Principal Religious TraditionsWell-attestedShia Islam 2Principal Religious TraditionsWell-attestedZoroastrianism 2Sacred and Liturgical LanguagesWell-attestedAvestan, Middle Persian (Pahlavi), and Arabic 3Learn MoreThe Prophet, the Light and Dark, and Three Religions The Iranian plateau, Persia, gave the world one of its most influential religions and served as the birthplace of two more, spanning three thousand years. The oldest is Zoroastrianism, the faith of the prophet Zarathustra (Zoroaster), among the earliest of the ethical and (in a qualified sense) monotheistic religions: it centres on the supreme good creator Ahura Mazda, opposed by the destructive spirit Angra Mainyu, and on a cosmic and moral struggle between truth and falsehood in which every person must choose and in which good is destined finally to triumph, at a last judgement and renovation of the world. Zoroastrian ideas about heaven and hell, angels and demons, a coming savior, resurrection, and final judgement deeply influenced Judaism during the Persian period and, through it, Christianity and Islam. From the same ground came Manichaeism, the third-century prophet Mani's radically dualist religion of light and dark that spread from Rome to China, and, in the nineteenth century, the Baha'i Faith, founded in Persia by Baha'u'llah as a universalist religion teaching the unity of God, of religion, and of humankind, for which its followers have faced severe persecution in their homeland. Persia thus stands as the source of a dualist-ethical vision of the cosmos that shaped the whole Western religious imagination, and as a continuing wellspring of prophetic religion.Transmission Through a Community That Nearly Ended The Avesta, the Zoroastrian scripture, is preserved in a language that had no other literature and no living speakers by the time it was written down. It was carried orally by priests for a very long period, committed to writing comparatively late, and the manuscripts that survive descend from a small number of copies made after the tradition had already suffered heavy losses. Large portions of what the tradition itself remembered as scripture are gone, known only from summaries of their contents. The community that carried it shrank drastically after the Arab conquest, and a significant part of it migrated to western India, where the Parsis preserved manuscripts and liturgy in circumstances quite different from those of the Iranian remnant. Modern scholarship depends on both branches, and where they differ the difference is itself evidence. Outside the tradition, Greek writers reported on the magi from the fifth century BC onward, and their reports gave Europe both the word magic and a persistent image of Persian wisdom that owes as much to Greek expectations as to Iranian practice. The twentieth century added an entirely unexpected source. Manichaean texts in several languages were recovered from the Turfan oasis and from Egypt, giving the first direct access to a religion previously known almost entirely through the polemics of its opponents, Augustine among them. It is the clearest case in this atlas of a tradition's own voice being restored by excavation.PersiaFilter Results6 entriesAddressed ToAllAhura Mazda (2)Origin Period Start YearAll-1000 (1)Unesco StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (1)FrequencyAllAnnual (1)As the occasion requires (1)Daily (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (2)Seasonal, at set points in the year (1)Life Stage MarkedAllDeath and the disposal of the body (1)Entry into the community or the order (1)ObligationAllObligatory (1)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (6)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (4)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Clergy or ordained officiants (3)The candidate undergoing the rite (1)Trained or authorised specialists (1)Native To RegionAllPersia (6)TraditionAllShia (Twelver) (1)Originates In LanguageAllAvestan (4)Classical Persian (1)Kind of ritualAllIndic, Buddhist and Zoroastrian Initiation and Ordination Rites (1)Islamic Devotional Rites (1)Jewish and Zoroastrian Liturgies (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6Dakhma Exposure (Tower of Silence)PersiaNavjotePersiaTa'ziyehPersiaVendidad ServicePersiaVisperadPersiaYasnaPersiaConnectionsAssociated WithBahram I Executes Mani and Ends Royal Patronage, Spread Events Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "execution of his closest disciples in Persia, ending the faith's status as a tolerated royal project in its own homeland."Source Manichaeism (New Catholic Encyclopedia, via Encyclopedia.com)J. Riestier 2Diocletian Orders the Annihilation of Manichaeism in the Roman Empire, Spread Events Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "empire, treating it as a subversive Persian sect at a time of open war between Rome and Persia, a suspicion of foreign loyalty layered on top of the same charge of heresy that had already ended..."Source Manichaeism (New Catholic Encyclopedia, via Encyclopedia.com)J. Riestier 2Mani Teaches Under Shapur I's Patronage in Persia, Spread Events Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "Returning to Persia, he won the protection of the Sasanian king Shapur I around 241 to 242, a patronage that lasted roughly three decades and let Mani's teaching, a dualist faith holding light and..."Source Manichaeism (New Catholic Encyclopedia, via Encyclopedia.com)J. Riestier 2Roundel with the Hanging of Haman (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.24.40), Sacred Art & Iconography Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "his plot against the Jewish people of Persia was exposed to King Ahasuerus."Source Roundel with the Hanging of Haman, accession 32.24.40 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Sasanian Empire, Empires & Polities Well-attested The Sasanian state made Zoroastrianism the religion of Persia in a way no earlier Persian empire had.Source Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and PracticesMary Boycetier 1Shapur I's Ka'ba-ye Zartosht Inscription Founds Five Sasanian Fire Temples, Spread Events Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "Sasanian dynasty made Zoroastrianism Persia's state religion in 224, already recorded here, and three hundred seventy one years before the Arab conquest ended Zoroastrian rule in Persia beginning in..."Source Ka'ba-ye Zardosht (Encyclopaedia Iranica)Gerd Gropptier 1Shoghi Effendi Becomes Guardian of the Baha'i Faith, Spread Events Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "the Faith from a community centered on Persia and the Ottoman Levant into a religion established on every continent."Source The Life and Work of Shoghi Effendi (Baha'i Reference Library)tier 1The Bab (Wikipedia), Sources Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "to 23 May 1844 in Shiraz, then part of Persia and in present day Iran: when the young cleric Mulla Husayn came seeking a teacher, the Bab declared himself the bearer of new divine revelation, and..."Source The Bab (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributorstier 3The Bab Declares His Mission in Shiraz, Spread Events Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "in his home in Shiraz, then part of Persia and in present day Iran, a young merchant named Siyyid Ali-Muhammad declared himself the Bab, the bearer of a new divine revelation, to a visiting cleric..."Source The Bab (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributorstier 3The Gate: Dawn of the Baha'i Faith (Bob Hercules, 2018), Screen Works Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "the 1844 declaration of the Bab in Persia and the founding of the Baha'i Faith."Source The Gate's Own Site and Letterboxd Recordstier 1The Gate's Own Site and Letterboxd Records, Sources Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "the Bab's 1844 declaration in Persia and "the foundations of a new faith tradition," narrated by Yaani King Mondschein, featuring Dr."Source The Gate's Own Site and Letterboxd Recordstier 1The Uyghur Khaganate Adopts Manichaeism as Its State Religion, Spread Events Well-attested This source names Persia directly: "after Bahram I ended the faith's Persian patronage, the Uyghur ruler accepted Manichaeism as the official religion of his Central Asian empire in 762 CE, after meeting Manichaean priests during a..."Source Manichaeism (New Catholic Encyclopedia, via Encyclopedia.com)J. Riestier 2Attested HereAvestan, Languages Well-attested Avestan is documented in use as a written language in Persia. The claim is where the language is documented in use as a written, literary or liturgical language. It is not a claim about the full extent of its speakers, and it is not a claim about where the language originated.Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)tier 1Dog, Animals & Totems Well-attested Zoroastrian law gives the dog a status close to the human one, and the sagdid, the gaze of the dog, is required at a death.Source Encyclopedia of ReligionMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.)tier 1Gorani, Languages Well-attested Spoken in northwestern Iran.Source Gorani language (Wikipedia)Karkadann, Mythical Creatures Well-attested Source Giants, Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and MythCarol Rosetier 1Kurmanji Kurdish, Languages Well-attested Spoken in northwest and northeast Iran.Source Kurmanji (Wikipedia)Middle Persian, Languages Well-attested Middle Persian is documented in use as a written language in Persia. Middle Persian, in its Book Pahlavi form, carries the bulk of the surviving Zoroastrian commentary literature. The claim is where the language is documented in use as a written, literary or liturgical language. It is not a claim about the full extent of its speakers, and it is not a claim about where the language originated.Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)tier 1Old Avestan (Gathic), Languages Well-attested Old Avestan (Gathic) is documented in use as a written language in Persia. The claim is where the language is documented in use as a written, literary or liturgical language. It is not a claim about the full extent of its speakers, and it is not a claim about where the language originated.Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)tier 1Peacock, Animals & Totems Well-attested Melek Taus, the Peacock Angel of the Yazidis, and the peacock throne of the shahs.Source Encyclopedia of ReligionMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.)tier 1Persian Language, Languages Well-attested Spoken and official in Iran, with Afghanistan and Tajikistan.Source Persian language (Wikipedia)Roc, Mythical Creatures Well-attested The roc is an Arabic and Persian traveller's marvel rather than a cult figure, carried in the wonder literature of both languages about the edges of the known world.Source The Thousand and One Nights (Alf Layla wa-Layla)Anonymous (multiple compilers)tier 1Rooster, Animals & Totems Well-attested The cock of Zoroastrian tradition, whose crowing drives off the demons of the night.Source Encyclopedia of ReligionMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.)tier 1Younger Avestan, Languages Well-attested Younger Avestan is documented in use as a written language in Persia. The claim is where the language is documented in use as a written, literary or liturgical language. It is not a claim about the full extent of its speakers, and it is not a claim about where the language originated.Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)tier 1ContainsNishapur, Cities Well-attested Nishapur lies in Khurasan, in the Persian world.The Siyah Chal, Sacred Sites Well-attested The pit was in Tehran.Modern AreaIran, Countries Well-attested Persia corresponds to modern Iran.Source Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)Encyclopaedia Britannica editorstier 2Originated HereAbdu'l-Baha, Figures Well-attested Source ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (Wikipedia)Achaemenid Empire, Historical Periods Well-attested Assyrian Church of the East, Denominations Well-attested Source The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian ChristianityChristoph Baumertier 1Avestan, Languages Well-attested Source Avestan (Wikipedia)Babism, Religions Well-attested Source The Baha'i Faith: A Beginner's GuideMoojan Momentier 1Bahá’í Faith, Religions Well-attested Source An Introduction to the Baha'i FaithPeter Smithtier 1Baha'i House of Worship, Sacred Architecture Well-attested Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smithtier 1Baha'u'llah, Figures Well-attested Source Baháʼu'lláh (Wikipedia)Bowl Depicting King Zahhak with Snakes Protruding from His Shoulders (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 64.274.3), Sacred Art & Iconography Well-attested Source Bowl Depicting King Zahhak, accession 64.274.3 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Chak Chak, Sacred Sites Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Dakhma Exposure (Tower of Silence), Rituals Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Feridun, Figures Well-attested Source Fereydun (Wikipedia)Fort of Shaykh Tabarsi, Sacred Sites Well-attested Source The Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and HistoryDenis MacEointier 1Galbanum, Incense Well-attested Source Galbanum (Wikipedia)Girih, Sacred Geometry Well-attested Source Decagonal and Quasi-Crystalline Tilings in Medieval Islamic ArchitecturePeter J. Lu and Paul J. Steinhardttier 1Gorani, Languages Well-attested Source Gorani language (Wikipedia)Gushtasp Proves His Archery before Caesar (Metropolitan Museum of Art), Sacred Art & Iconography Well-attested Source Gushtasp Proves His Archery before Caesar, Metropolitan Museum of Arttier 1House of the Bab, Shiraz, Sacred Sites Well-attested Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smithtier 1Karaite Judaism, Denominations Well-attested Source Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd editionMichael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.)tier 1Karkadann, Mythical Creatures Well-attested Source Giants, Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and MythCarol Rosetier 1Navjote, Rituals Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Parthian Empire, Historical Periods Well-attested Peri, Mythical Creatures Well-attested Persian Language, Languages Well-attested The article states that Persian originated in the region of Fars, Persia.Source Persian language (Wikipedia)Persians, Cultures Well-attested Safavid Empire, Historical Periods Well-attested Shahnameh, Literary Works Well-attested Source Wikipedia, "Shahnameh"tier 3Shrine of Sultan Sahak (Perdivar), Sacred Sites Well-attested Source Ahl-e Haqq (Wikipedia)tier 3Simurgh, Mythical Creatures Well-attested Ta'ziyeh, Rituals Well-attested Source The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd editionP. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs (eds.)tier 1Ta'ziyeh, Performance Works Well-attested Source Ta'zieh (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributorstier 3The Bab, Figures Well-attested Source Báb (Wikipedia)The Conference of the Birds, Esoteric Texts Well-attested Source The Conference of the Birds (Wikipedia)The Masnavi, Esoteric Texts Well-attested Source Masnavi (Wikipedia)The Shrine of Fatima Masumeh, Qom, Sacred Sites Well-attested Source An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ismMoojan Momentier 1The Shrine of Imam Reza, Sacred Sites Well-attested Source An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ismMoojan Momentier 1The Siyah Chal, Sacred Sites Well-attested Source A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i FaithPeter Smithtier 1The Towers of Silence, Yazd, Sacred Sites Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Vendidad Service, Rituals Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Visperad, Rituals Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Yasna, Rituals Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Yazata, Mythical Creatures Well-attested Yazd Atash Behram, Sacred Sites Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Yima and the Vara, Myths & Sacred Narratives Well-attested Source The Zend-Avesta, Part III: the Yasna, Visparad, Afrinagan, Gahs (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 31)L. H. Millstier 2Younger Avestan, Languages Well-attested Source Avestan (Wikipedia)Zahhak, Figures Well-attested Source Zahhak (Wikipedia)Zanjan, Sacred Sites Well-attested Source The Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and HistoryDenis MacEointier 1Zarathustra, Figures Well-attested Source Zoroaster (Wikipedia)Plants Native HereDakhma Exposure (Tower of Silence), Rituals Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Navjote, Rituals Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Syrian Rue, Plants Well-attested Source Haoma and Harmaline: The Botanical Identity of the Indo-Iranian Sacred Hallucinogen and Its Legacy in Religion, Language, and Middle Eastern FolkloreDavid Stophlet Flattery and Martin Schwartztier 3Ta'ziyeh, Rituals Well-attested Source The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd editionP. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs (eds.)tier 1Vendidad Service, Rituals Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Visperad, Rituals Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Yasna, Rituals Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1Plants Used in Ritual HereEphedra, Plants Well-attested Source Haoma and Harmaline: The Botanical Identity of the Indo-Iranian Sacred Hallucinogen and Its Legacy in Religion, Language, and Middle Eastern FolkloreDavid Stophlet Flattery and Martin Schwartztier 3Frankincense, Plants Well-attested Source A Modern HerbalMaud Grievetier 2Saffron, Plants Well-attested Source A Modern HerbalMaud Grievetier 2Syrian Rue, Plants Well-attested Source Haoma and Harmaline: The Botanical Identity of the Indo-Iranian Sacred Hallucinogen and Its Legacy in Religion, Language, and Middle Eastern FolkloreDavid Stophlet Flattery and Martin Schwartztier 3Regions Where This Is PrincipalIslam, Religions Well-attested Source Encyclopedia of ReligionMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.)tier 1Manichaeism, Religions Well-attested Source Encyclopedia of ReligionMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.)tier 1Zoroastrianism, Religions Well-attested Source Encyclopedia of ReligionMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.)tier 1Societies Attested HereHashshashin, Secret Societies Well-attested Spread Events HereMuslim Conquest of Persia, Wars & Conflicts Well-attested The Church of the East in Sasanian Persia, Spread Events Well-attested Arbela in Adiabene and the Sasanian capital Seleucia-Ctesiphon, mapped to the wider Persia region as the closer historical match to the Sasanian Empire than the modern country of Iran.Source The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian ChristianityChristoph Baumertier 1The Nizari-Seljuk Conflicts (1090 to 1194), Wars & Conflicts Well-attested In the Other AtlasesUsed InArabicAlso in Language Atlas: which uses this subject.AvestanAlso in Language Atlas: which uses this subject.Middle PersianAlso in Language Atlas: which uses this subject.Sources1. Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)tier 2Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2024Region description scope: the Iranian plateau over some three thousand yearsRegion description scope: corresponding broadly to modern Irans.v. regional geographyView the Source2. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005The geography of religionsQuote, The geography of religionsGeneral reference for the extent of each region and for the traditions placed within it.View the Source3. The Oxford Dictionary of World Religionstier 1John Bowker (ed.), Oxford University Press, 1997Persian religion: Zoroastrianism and afterView the SourceThe Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd editiontier 1Oxford University Press, Oxford University Pressdemonym / adjectival formView the SourcePersian language (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationAttested Here: Persian Language, Persian language, lead paragraphPersian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and TajikistanOriginated Here: Persian Language, Persian language, originsIt originated in the region of Fars (Persia) in southwestern Iran.View the SourceGorani language (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationAttested Here: Gorani, Gorani language, lead paragraphspoken in small pockets in northeastern Iraq and northwestern Iran.Originated Here: Gorani, Lead paragraph, originated-inGorani or Gurani (Kurdish: گۆرانی, romanized: Goranî, lit. 'song'), also known by the name of its main dialect, Hawrami (ھەورامی, romanized: Hewramî), is a Northwestern Iranian language or a group of similar Northwestern Iranian dialects spoken in small pockets in northeastern Iraq and northwestern Iran.View the SourceKurmanji (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationAttested Here: Kurmanji Kurdish, Kurmanji, lead paragraphQuote, Attested Here: Kurmanji Kurdish, Kurmanji, lead paragraphspoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria and the Caucasus and Khorasan regions.View the SourceEncyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd editiontier 1Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.), Macmillan Reference USA, 2007Originated Here: Karaite Judaism, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Mesopotamia and Persia, and then Jerusalem and ByzantiumView the SourceThe Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianitytier 1Christoph Baumer, I. B. Tauris, London, 2006Originated Here: Assyrian Church of the East, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Mesopotamia and Persia, centred at the See of Babylon at Seleucia-Ctesiphon.An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ismtier 1Moojan Momen, Yale University Press, 1985Originated Here: The Shrine of Imam Reza, Stored region property on this entity, cited to this source: PersiaOriginated Here: The Shrine of Fatima Masumeh, Qom, Stored region property on this entity, cited to this source: PersiaView the SourceA History of Zoroastrianismtier 1Mary Boyce, Brill, 1989Originated Here: Yazd Atash Behram, Stored region property on this entity, cited to this source: PersiaOriginated Here: The Towers of Silence, Yazd, Stored region property on this entity, cited to this source: PersiaOriginated Here: Chak Chak, Stored region property on this entity, cited to this source: PersiaPlants Native Here: Visperad, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Ancient Persia (Iran)Plants Native Here: Vendidad Service, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Ancient Persia (Iran)Plants Native Here: Yasna, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Ancient Persia (Iran)Plants Native Here: Navjote, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Ancient Persia (Iran)Plants Native Here: Dakhma Exposure (Tower of Silence), Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Ancient Persia (Iran)Originated Here: Visperad, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Ancient Persia (Iran)Originated Here: Vendidad Service, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Ancient Persia (Iran)Originated Here: Yasna, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Ancient Persia (Iran)Originated Here: Navjote, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Ancient Persia (Iran)Originated Here: Dakhma Exposure (Tower of Silence), Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Ancient Persia (Iran)View the SourceA Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i Faithtier 1Peter Smith, Oneworld Publications, 2000Originated Here: The Siyah Chal, Stored region property on this entity, cited to this source: PersiaOriginated Here: House of the Bab, Shiraz, Stored country property on this entity, cited to this source: IranView the SourceAn Introduction to the Baha'i Faithtier 1Peter Smith, Cambridge University Press, 2008Originated Here: Bahá’í Faith, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Persia and Ottoman Iraq: Shiraz, Baghdad and AcreThe Baha'i Faith: A Beginner's Guidetier 1Moojan Momen, Oneworld Publications, 2007Originated Here: Babism, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Shiraz, Persia, Qajar IranGiants, Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Mythtier 1Carol Rose, ABC-CLIO, 2000Originated Here: Karkadann, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: PersiaView the SourceThe Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd editiontier 1P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs (eds.), Brill, 2005Plants Native Here: Ta'ziyeh, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Iran, in Shia IslamOriginated Here: Ta'ziyeh, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Iran, in Shia IslamView the SourceThe Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and Historytier 1Denis MacEoin, Brill, 1992Originated Here: Zanjan, Stored country property on this entity, cited to this source: IranOriginated Here: Fort of Shaykh Tabarsi, Stored country property on this entity, cited to this source: IranAhl-e Haqq (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaOriginated Here: Shrine of Sultan Sahak (Perdivar), Stored region property on this entity, cited to this source: Sheykh Hasan, near the Perdivar Bridge, Kermanshah Province, IranView the SourceTa'zieh (Wikipedia)tier 3Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia, 2026Originated Here: Ta'ziyeh, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Iran, with performance also documented across other Shia communitiesView the SourceWikipedia, "Shahnameh"tier 3WikipediaOriginated Here: Shahnameh, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Iran (Greater Khorasan)View the SourceBaháʼu'lláh (Wikipedia)Originated Here: Baha'u'llah, LeadQuote, Originated Here: Baha'u'llah, LeadBaháʼu'lláh (Persian: [bæhɒːʔolːɒːh], born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí; 12 November 1817-29 May 1892) was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith.View the SourceBáb (Wikipedia)Originated Here: The Bab, LeadQuote, Originated Here: The Bab, LeadThe Báb (born ʻAlí-Muḥammad Shírází; ; Persian: علیمحمد شیرازی; 20 October 1819-9 July 1850) was an Iranian religious leader who founded Bábism, and is also one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith.View the SourceBowl Depicting King Zahhak, accession 64.274.3 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtOriginated Here: Bowl Depicting King Zahhak with Snakes Protruding from His Shoulders (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 64.274.3), Object record: CountryQuote, Originated Here: Bowl Depicting King Zahhak with Snakes Protruding from His Shoulders (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 64.274.3), Object record: CountryCountry: Northwestern IranView the SourceGushtasp Proves His Archery before Caesar, Metropolitan Museum of Arttier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtOriginated Here: Gushtasp Proves His Archery before Caesar (Metropolitan Museum of Art), Object record: CountryQuote, Originated Here: Gushtasp Proves His Archery before Caesar (Metropolitan Museum of Art), Object record: CountryCountry: IranView the SourceZahhak (Wikipedia)Originated Here: Zahhak, LeadQuote, Originated Here: Zahhak, Leadis a personification of evil in Iranian mythology and historiographyView the SourceGalbanum (Wikipedia)Originated Here: Galbanum, LeadQuote, Originated Here: Galbanum, LeadGalbanum is an aromatic gum resin and a product of certain umbelliferous Persian plant species in the genus Ferula, chiefly Ferula gummosa (synonym F.View the SourceThe Conference of the Birds (Wikipedia)Originated Here: The Conference of the Birds, LeadQuote, Originated Here: The Conference of the Birds, LeadThe Conference of the Birds or Speech of the Birds (Arabic: منطق الطير, Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr, also known as مقامات الطیور Maqāmāt-uṭ-Ṭuyūr; 1177) is a Persian poem, in the mathnawi form, by Iranian Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar, commonly known as Attar of Nishapur.View the SourceZoroaster (Wikipedia)Originated Here: Zarathustra, Lead paragraph, originated-inQuote, Originated Here: Zarathustra, Lead paragraph, originated-inZarathushtra Spitama, more commonly known as Zoroaster or Zarathustra, was an Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism.View the SourceʻAbdu'l-Bahá (Wikipedia)Originated Here: Abdu'l-Baha, Lead paragraph, originated-inQuote, Originated Here: Abdu'l-Baha, Lead paragraph, originated-inHis father was exiled from their native Iran, and the family established their residence in Baghdad in Iraq, where they stayed for ten years.View the SourceFereydun (Wikipedia)Originated Here: Feridun, Lead paragraph, originated-inQuote, Originated Here: Feridun, Lead paragraph, originated-inFereydun (Avestan: 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀, Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭫𐭩𐭲𐭥𐭭, Persian: فریدون) is a hero and king in Iranian mythology.View the SourceAvestan (Wikipedia)Originated Here: Avestan, Lead paragraph, originated-inIt belongs to the Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family and was originally spoken during the Avestan period (c. 1500, c. 400 BCE) by the Iranians living in eastern Greater Iran as evidenced from names in Avestan geography.Originated Here: Younger Avestan, Lead paragraph, originated-inIt belongs to the Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family and was originally spoken during the Avestan period (c. 1500, c. 400 BCE) by the Iranians living in eastern Greater Iran as evidenced from names in Avestan geography.View the SourceMasnavi (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationOriginated Here: The Masnavi, Lead paragraph, originated-inQuote, Originated Here: The Masnavi, Lead paragraph, originated-inThe Masnavi is an extensive Persian masnavi (a poetic form) written by Rumi, and one of the most influential works in the history of Sufism.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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