Epistles of Manushchihr

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The Epistles of Manushchihr are a response to comments made by the author's brother on the subject of purification in Zoroastrianism.

When Zadsparam, High-Priest of Sirjan (near Kerman in center of Iran) proposed certain new precepts, the unsatisfied people of his district complained to his older brother Manuschchihr, who was High-Priest of Kerman.

In response, Manushchihr issued three epistles in the issue:

  1. A reply to the complaining people
  2. an expostulation with his brother
  3. a public decree condeming the new precepts of his younger brother as unlawful innovations.

The first epistle is dated March 15, 881; the third is dated June-July 881. This book contains almost 9000 words. Manushchihar is the author of another major Pahlavi book named the 'Dadestan-i Denig'.

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