Talk:Zoroastrians in Iran

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[edit] Book

There is a book on this matter with the same title. After my exams I will try to get started -- - K a s h ^{Talk | email} 00:19, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction

The Sassanid empire fell in the 7th century, but the introduction seems to imply that this was in the fourth century with the statement about when the religion started to decline. I know this is when the empire fell (Islam didn't exist in the fourth century) so I assume two pieces of information have been pushed together in one sentence. Anyone know enough about this to clarify when the zoroastrian religion started to decline? Blankfrackis 23:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not 100% sure about this, but that statement about the fourth century may just have been about the fourth century in the Islamic calendar age instead of the fourth century in the Christian calendar age. And coincidentally, it is actually quite possible that Zoroastrianism saw a sharp decline in the period between 300 and 400 years after the Muslim conquest of Persia... However, the problem is that I can't back this up, so we'll still need the help of an expert here... By the way, Leo Caesius is an expert on the history of the Middle East, so he should be able to clarify this matter... 75-Rolf 19:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)