Home›Open Questions›Who compiled the Menog-i Khrad, and can it be dated more precisely than the broad Sasanian-to-early-Islamic span?Open QuestionsWho compiled the Menog-i Khrad, and can it be dated more precisely than the broad Sasanian-to-early-Islamic span?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Who compiled the Menog-i Khrad, and can it be dated more precisely than the broad Sasanian-to-early-Islamic span?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/who-compiled-the-menog-i-khrad-and-can-it-be-dated-more-precisely.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Who compiled the Menog-i Khrad, and can it be dated more precisely than the broad Sasanian-to-early-Islamic span?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/who-compiled-the-menog-i-khrad-and-can-it-be-dated-more-preciselyCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-who-compiled-the-menog-i-khrad-and-can-i, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Who compiled the Menog-i Khrad, and can it be dated more precisely than the broad Sasanian-to-early-Islamic span?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/who-compiled-the-menog-i-khrad-and-can-it-be-dated-more-precisely}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe text names no individual author or compiler and, like most surviving Pahlavi andarz literature, is transmitted as an anonymous product of the Zoroastrian priesthood. Its manuscript tradition post-dates its composition by centuries, leaving both authorship and a precise date unrecoverable from the text itself.What would resolve this An independent contemporary Sasanian or early Islamic-era reference naming the text or its compiler would settle this; absent that, a philological study placing its Pahlavi against securely dated Pahlavi texts could narrow the range.OpenIranian philology and Zoroastrian textual studiesE.W. West, translator, Pahlavi Texts, Part III: Dina-i Mainog-i Khirad (E.W. West)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnMenog-i Khrad (Spirit of Wisdom), Other Writings Well-attested Source Pahlavi Texts, Part III: Dina-i Mainog-i Khirad (E.W. West)E.W. West, translatortier 2SourcesPahlavi Texts, Part III: Dina-i Mainog-i Khirad (E.W. West)tier 2E.W. West, translator, Clarendon Press, Oxford, Sacred Books of the East series, vol. 24, 1885Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year