Persecution of Zoroastrians
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The persecution of Zoroastrians is a significant aspect of the later part of the community's history. It is speculated that religious strife existed between Zoroastrians and early Christians, particul
A Parsi wedding portrait, 1948
A Zoroastrian family in Qajar Iran, circa 1910
Muslim conquest of Persia
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The Muslim conquest of Persia, also known as the Arab conquest of Iran, occurred between 633 and 651 CE, when the Rashidun Caliphate conquered the Sasanian Empire as part of the early Muslim conquests
Persecution of Zoroastrians
…unclear. While it was a widespread religion in West Asia for over a millennium, Zoroastrianism began to decline drastically in the aftermath of the Muslim conquest of Persia. The conquest of the Sasanian Empire by the Rashidun Caliphate marked a monumental shift for the former's Zoroastrian-majority society, which was…
The assassination of Khosrau II in a manuscript of the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp made by Abd al-Samad c. 1535
Battle of Qadisiyyah from a manuscript of the Shahnameh
A Sasanian army helmet.
The ziggurat of Choqa Zanbil in Khuzestan