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Birth of the Persian empire: the idea of iran / Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh (ed.); Stewart, Sarah (ed.)

2005

Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh	Book
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Publication	London, I B Tauris, 2005.
Description	147p.Hbk
Contents	Vol. 1: The idea of Iran
Standard Number	1845110625

Key Words

Iran - History - Juvenile Literature ; Kingdom of Anshan ; Avestan Geography ; Iron Age ; Iraq - History - 1979

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Politics of Zoroastrian philanthropy and the case of Qasr-e Fir / Stewart, Sarah

Stewart, Sarah	Journal Article
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2012.

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In Iran and India religious philanthropy has been a feature of Zoroastrian piety as well as providing the means by which both communities have prospered throughout their respective histories. In Iran an elaborate structure for the regulation of charitable donations was already in place during the Sasanian period and laid the foundation for the laws governing pious foundations, awqaf, after the Islamic conquest. The increased interaction between Iranian Zoroastrians and Parsis from the mid-nineteenth century onwards led to the expansion of the Tehran Zoroastrian community and the rise of a wealthy merchant class which in turn enabled philanthropic activity to flourish. This development will be discussed here with reference to a particular vaqf, that of the first aramgah or Zoroastrian cemetery to be established in Tehran in the early twentieth century. The case of Qasr-e Firuzeh spans three successive governments in Iran and gives an insight into the management of a charitable endowment within different political contexts.

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Iran ; India ; Zoroastrian Philanthropy ; Religious Philanthropy ; Indian Politics - 1921-1971

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