Adurbad-i Mahraspand | |
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Native name | Ādurbād-ī Mahraspand |
Born | Makran or Pars |
Rank | High priest ( mowbedan mowbed) of Sasanian Iran |
Relations | Mahraspand (father) |
Ādurbād-ī Mahraspand [a] ("Ādurbād, son of Mahraspand") was an influential Zoroastrian high priest ( mowbedan mowbed) during the reign of the Sasanian king ( shah) Shapur II ( r. 309–379).
In the Middle Persian Bundahishn, Adurbad's lineage is traced back to the legendary Dursarw, a son of the Pishdadian king Manuchehr. [1] In al-Biruni's The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries, he is also mentioned as the descendant of Dursarw. [1] According to the Denkard, Adurbad was from the "village Kuran", which may be a corruption of "a village of Makran", a province in southeastern Iran. [1] The place may also refer to a place in Pars. [1]
According to Zoroastrian traditions, a proof of the validity of his line of religious traditions was that he underwent the ordeal of molten bronze. [1] That is metal was poured on his chest and he emerged as unscathed. [1] According to Iranica, "In keeping with his religious zeal, Ādurbād was a force in the enactment and implementing of decrees against non-Zoroastrians; the established church is described as having then fallen on evil days, plagued by doubt and infidelity.".
Various standard texts (collection of wise counsels) are attributed to him. [1] The Denkard ascribes admonitions to Adurbad; and an Arabic version of these admonitions occur in the work of Miskawayh's al-Ḥekmat al-ḵāleda. [1] Two groups of his counsels occur in extant Middle Persian text. The first group of counsels contain his addresses to his and is in part translated by Miskawayh in Arabic. [1] The second group comprises his supposed deathbed utterances. A collection of questions is addressed to him by a disciple and his responses are found in the Pahlavi Rivayat. [1] A translation of some of the Middle Persian counsels exist in the book: R. C. Zaehner, The Teachings of the Magi, London, 1956.
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Adurbad-i Mahraspand | |
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Native name | Ādurbād-ī Mahraspand |
Born | Makran or Pars |
Rank | High priest ( mowbedan mowbed) of Sasanian Iran |
Relations | Mahraspand (father) |
Ādurbād-ī Mahraspand [a] ("Ādurbād, son of Mahraspand") was an influential Zoroastrian high priest ( mowbedan mowbed) during the reign of the Sasanian king ( shah) Shapur II ( r. 309–379).
In the Middle Persian Bundahishn, Adurbad's lineage is traced back to the legendary Dursarw, a son of the Pishdadian king Manuchehr. [1] In al-Biruni's The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries, he is also mentioned as the descendant of Dursarw. [1] According to the Denkard, Adurbad was from the "village Kuran", which may be a corruption of "a village of Makran", a province in southeastern Iran. [1] The place may also refer to a place in Pars. [1]
According to Zoroastrian traditions, a proof of the validity of his line of religious traditions was that he underwent the ordeal of molten bronze. [1] That is metal was poured on his chest and he emerged as unscathed. [1] According to Iranica, "In keeping with his religious zeal, Ādurbād was a force in the enactment and implementing of decrees against non-Zoroastrians; the established church is described as having then fallen on evil days, plagued by doubt and infidelity.".
Various standard texts (collection of wise counsels) are attributed to him. [1] The Denkard ascribes admonitions to Adurbad; and an Arabic version of these admonitions occur in the work of Miskawayh's al-Ḥekmat al-ḵāleda. [1] Two groups of his counsels occur in extant Middle Persian text. The first group of counsels contain his addresses to his and is in part translated by Miskawayh in Arabic. [1] The second group comprises his supposed deathbed utterances. A collection of questions is addressed to him by a disciple and his responses are found in the Pahlavi Rivayat. [1] A translation of some of the Middle Persian counsels exist in the book: R. C. Zaehner, The Teachings of the Magi, London, 1956.
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