The Zoroastrian myth of migration from Iran and settlement in the Indian diaspora : text, translation and analysis of the 16th century Qeṣṣe-ye Sanjān 'The story of Sanjan' /

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The Qesse-ye Sanjān is the sole surviving account of the emigration of Zoroastrians from Iran to India to form the Parsi ('Persian') community. Written in Persian couplets in India in 1599 by a Zoroastrian priest, it is a work many know of, but few have actually read, let alone studied in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Alan, 1953-
Other Authors: Kayqubād, Bahman
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Persian
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Studies in the history of religions ; 124.
Studies in the history of religions. Texts and sources in the history of religions.
Subjects:
Kayqubād, Bahman. > Qiṣṣah-i Sanjan.
Kaikobad, Bahman. > Kisseh-i Sanjan.
Geschichte
Parsees > History.
Parsees > Migrations.
Parsis > Histoire.
Parsis > Migrations.
RELIGION > Zoroastrianism.
Parsees.
Auswanderung
Parsen
Parsismus
Diaspora > Religion
Zoroastrisme > Migrations de peuples.
Parsis.
Indien
Iran
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The narrative of journey : synopsis and structure
  • Transcription and translation
  • Commentary
  • A mirror or a clock? : considering history and the myth-story
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix : the sixteen Sanskrit ślokas of Ākā Adhyāru.

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