Encyclopaedia Iranica's own scholarly entry on the early history of the Parsi communities of India, published by the Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University, documenting the first Persian Rivayat, carried by Nariman Hoshang to the Zoroastrian priests of Yazd in 1478, the opening exchange of a correspondence between the Parsi communities of India and the Zoroastrian priesthood of Iran that continued into the eighteenth century.
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A peer edited scholarly encyclopedia maintained by Columbia University's Center for Iranian Studies, tier 1, used here for the 1478 dating of the first rivayat and Nariman Hoshang's year in Yazd, corroborated by FEZANA's own history lesson below. NotesUsed for the 1478 dating of the first Persian Rivayat carried by Nariman Hoshang and his year spent among the Zoroastrian priesthood of Yazd learning Persian.
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PublisherEncyclopaedia Iranica, Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University
URLhttps://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/parsi-communities-i-early-history/
Source Typeacademic reference
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Yazd, Cities This source names Yazd directly: "Hoshang to the Zoroastrian priests of Yazd in 1478, the opening exchange of a correspondence between the Parsi communities of India and the Zoroastrian priesthood of Iran that continued into the..."
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