An Analytical Study of the Iranian-Armenian Paintings- Case Studies: Paintings of the Birth of Jesus Christ by Rafat Hosseiny nezhad, Nadia Maghuly

“…In this narration, Princess Prieta, who is called Conti, gives birth to a son in virginity, whose father was the god of the Syrian sun. In Zoroastrianism, it is believed that three saviors pave the way for the emergence of Zoroaster at the end of time. …”
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Maqameh and Picaresque: Is picaresque influenced by Maqameh?‎ by Mahmoud Bashiri, Reza Jamshidi

“…Mohammad Taghi Bahar believed that Maqameh was a translation of "Gath'' in Mazdayasna (Zoroastrianism) which has survived after Islam. These excerpts in Mazdayasna were melodious and its syllabic poems had symmetry, balance and interval silences; just how Maqamat seems to be (Bahar, 1349, 2nd v: 234). …”
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Mythological and Sacred Plant Motifs in Parthian Art with Emphasis on Coins' Motifs by Mona Montazeri Hedeshi, Bita Sodaei, Hussein Alizadeh, Hassan Derakhshi

“…The motifs of palm, olive, rosette and lilies can be seen in the Tetradrachm and Drachma coins of the Parthian kings, while the motifs of grapes, wheat, pomegranate and oak can be seen in the Bronze coins, and according to symbolic issues, it can be said that these arrays are related to Zoroastrian, Mithraic and Anahita’s religions. In the Parthian period, Zoroastrianism is mixed with other beliefs, which is seen as the trinity of the gods of Mehr, Anahita and Ormazd, which ultimately indicates the religious tolerance in this period.…”
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Relations between the Parsis of India and the East India Company (1601-1858) by Jaleh Tajaldini

“…However, with the British presence in India, the Zoroastrian community of this country, known as the Parsis, also underwent a significant economic transformation. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Persian Poems by Pioneer poets from the book Shayest-Nashayest and the Works of Imam Mohammad Ghazzali. (Relying on the Books of Ehya... by Leili Amiriebrahimabad, Ahmad Amirikhorasani, Mohammad Sadegh Basiri

“…IntroductionShayest-Nashayest is a jurisprudential-ethical work written in the late Sasanian period detailing Zoroastrian ceremonies, rules, and rituals. The ninth, tenth, and twelfth chapters of this book address religious topics and instructions. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Functions of Asha and Ma'at by Sayyed Saeid Reza Montazeri, Majid Tame, Saeide Sharifi

“…The term Asha frequently appears both in Gathas and in later Avesta, which is indicative of the significance of this notion in Zoroastrian thoughts. It might be said that the Zoroastrian notion of Asha is not only the apparent order but also a realization of the eternal cosmic order, in light of which the creation has taken place. …”
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The Problems of Mazdakology Studies by abdolah safarzaie

“…Given the enormous hostility of the Sassanid court and Zoroastrian priests with Manicheans, it is quite clear that these categories of bias were written partially.     …”
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Reading out Khayyam in light of the circumstances of his time Case Study: Garden City, South of Neyshabour (Shadyakh) by nahid jafari dehkordi

“…An Iranian effort to construct a parody of Paradise/ Ferdows or Grantham of Zoroastrianism has given the holy gardens a great value. …”
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Characteristics of Iranian Fairies Based on Fairy Tales by Maryam Nemat Tavousi

“…Iranian fairies (Pari in Persian) are one of the most mysterious and contradictional creatures in Persian literature. During pre-Zoroastrianism, they were considered as the goddess of fertility (Sarkarati,2007,p. 6), but in Avestan corpus as well as some Pahlavie texts they were mentioned as female demons who prevent rain and deceiving heros and kings (Mazdapour,1999, pp. 124-125). …”
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Effective Factors in Foundation and Growth of Modern Educational System in Yazd from the Advent of Constitutionalism upto the End of First Pahlavi Era by Ahmad Babayi zarch, Soheyla Torabifarsani, Mohamad hasan Mirhosaini

“…In 1903 AD, Zoroastrians built the first Zoroastrian girls᾽ school in Yazd. …”
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الحیوانات والطیور والحشرات والزواحف في كتاب الفندیداد (احد كتب الافستا الزردشتیة) by م.م. شیماء عبد الحمید فاضل

“…The book of Alphendidad is considered as an important part of the holy book of Avesta in the Zoroastrian religion. It is a religious and urbanization book that consists of a number of chapters dealing with the creation. …”
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Початкова освіта у зороастрійців (російською мовою) by Кобілжон Абдкллаєв

“…This article deals with the organization of primary education of Zoroastrians. The author analyses «Avesta», ancient texts and Zoroastrian manuscripts thus making a conclusion of the possible using of some Zoroastrian views of education and training for forming all-round personality at this stage.…”
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What to think of Dumezil's tripartite approach of Indo-European cosmologies? by Fournet, A.

“…The North Germanic and Zoroastrian pantheons are much less in support of tripartition than usually claimed. …”
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Rad and Mubad in Shahnameh of Ferdowsi by z Delpazir, aa Shamian Saroukalaee, m Rahimi

“…In Mazdaâs tradition, gods, angels guarding the heavens and earth and any good thing created by Mazda are all entitled Rad. In most of the Zoroastrian scriptures and Pahlavi texts, Rad is also used as synonymous with Zoroastrian religious headman or spiritual leader. …”
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Orientalism in translation of Sufi Persian Poetry by Leandra Elena Yunis

“…Considering the strong influence of Zoroastrian religion on Persian culture and its hybridism with Sufism, the author problematizes religious and mystical categorization of Persian authors and presents a translation of an excerpt from Masnavi of Jalal Uddin Rumi, XIIIth century Persian poet, highlighting the presence of Zoroastrian and Islamic elements  in complementarity. …”
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Dēnkard III Language Variation and the Defence of Socio-Religious Identity in the Context of Early-Islamic Iran by Terribili Gianfilippo

“…The aim of the present paper is to illustrate as a case study, the linguistic and stylistic peculiarities characterizing the third book of the Dēnkard, one of the most authoritative texts in Zoroastrian Pahlavi literature (9th-10th CE). The analysis will consider these features as part of a coherent system, styled to serve the dialectic strategies pursued by the Zoroastrian high priests in response to the pressures their own community was facing in the early Islamic period. …”
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Cultural intermediaries in a colonial city: the Parsis of Bombay, c. 1860-1921 by Patel, S

“…<p>This dissertation traces a series of cultural negotiations through which the Parsis, a community of ethnic Zoroastrians, fashioned themselves into ‘modern’ citizens in the setting of colonial Bombay. …”

Renhed og urenhed i zarathustrismen by Erik Reenberg Sand

“…Between these stands man, on the one side good by origin, but on the other struck by evil in the form of death, his main task being to fight impurity and evil in order to make possible the renewal of the original good creation. Finally, the Zoroastrian cosmology and pollution concepts are compared with the typologies presented by Mary Douglás, and it is concluded that, in spite of some drawbacks of her theory, the Zoroastrian material seems to point to her "small group" typology. …”
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Newly-found Evidence of Sassanid Simple-pit Burial at Qaleh Iraj, Pishvā, Iran by Mehdi Mousavinia, Mohamad Reza Nemati, Mohammad Mortezaei

“…Out of the said customs, simple-pit burials are the most challenging, given the fact that they apparently stand against Zoroastrian teachings. According to Sassanid religious texts, the burial of the dead in the ground (soil) and infecting soil, a sacred element in Zoroastrian worldview, is repeatedly condemned and considered an inexcusable guilt. …”
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A Study of the Philosophy of Zurvan in Religious Thoughts based on Pahlavi Andarznameh (Books of Advice) by Hamid Kavyani Pouya, Zahra Pilehvaran

“…Accordingly, this study examines the effect of Zurvan on Iranian way of thinking and Zoroastrian religion and its reflections in the Middle Persian texts. …”
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