Zoroastrianism in India
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Zoroastrianism, an Iranian religion, has been present in India for thousands of years. Though it split into a separate branch, it shares a common origin with Hinduism and other Indian religions, havin
Maneckji Seth Agiary, the second-oldest Zoroastrian fire temple in the city of Mumbai, 2009
A Parsi wedding, 1905
Muslim conquest of Persia
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Between 633 and 651, the Rashidun Caliphate conquered the Sasanian Empire as part of the early Muslim conquests, which began under the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 627/628.
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