zoroastrian jury – last Zoroastrian Sassanian empire
zoroastrian jury – last Zoroastrian Sassanian empire
18/8/2021,
If this frightens you, let it be known that the first victim of this barbaric,
fanatical religious cult was Zoroastrian Iran, beginning from the 7th Century
AD till the turn of the last century. What followed the downfall of the
last Zoroastrian Sassanian empire about 1,400 years ago was a holocaust
of unparalleled proportions; a religious and cultural genocide where
thousands of fire temples were destroyed, holy books burnt in bonfires
and the population forcibly converted. “A dark night of silence that was
interrupted only by the hoot of owls and the harsh sound of thunder.” ( zoroastrian jury )
In the 18th Century, the Afghan Wars led to terrible tribulation, devastation
and massacre of Parsis in Iran. In 1722, the Afghan, Mahmud, invaded Iran
via Sistan and Kerman, both centres of Zoroastrian population in those days.
“Mahmud Afghan attacked Kerman but could not conquer it because of the
strong fortifications and defence. Therefore, he attacked the Zoroastrian locality
which was defenceless. They massacred the people and plundered, burnt and
devastated the locality. Only one Zoroastrian out of ten was able to escape
and take refuge in the walled city.’’ (Rashid Shahmardan Irani).
In 1747 after the assassination of Nadir Shah, the Afghans once again
invaded Iran and picked the Parsis for general massacre and devastated
their villages. The Parsi population perished in frightfully great numbers
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and dwindled considerably. “A grim and eloquent testimony to this catastrophe
of the Afghan wars exists at present in the form of the ruins of the devastated
Parsi settlements of Gabra Mohalle (`the Zoroastrian Street’) in the north of
Kerman. ( zoroastrian jury ) Every house in these Zoroastrian quarters has
been razed to the ground; and the ruins afford a gruesome remembrance of
that heart-rending catastrophe.’’ (Mirza-Outlines of Parsi History). The venerable
Zoroastrian scholar, Mary Boyce, visited the ruins of Gabra Mohalle in 1963,
and wrote: “…When one thinks of the savageries inflicted on Kerman by Agha
Muhammad Khan Qajar, it becomes a matter for wonder that the Zoroastrians
managed to survive there at all, let alone preserve intact their place of worship
with its ancient fire; and that the high priests continued to live out their quiet,
disciplined lives, generation by generation in the temple precinct, still studying
and copying the sacred books of their faith.’’
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