The Zoroastrian Myth of Migration from Iran and Settlement in the Indian Diaspora (repost)

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The Zoroastrian Myth of Migration from Iran and Settlement in the Indian Diaspora By Alan Williams
Publisher: BRILL 2009 | 12 Pages | ISBN: 9004176985 | PDF | 2 MB

The publishing house of Brill has once again done a yeoman service to the Zarathushtrain community, in publishing a recent work of Dr. Alan V. Williams titled : "The Zoroastrian Myth of Migration from Iran and Settlement in the Indian Diaspora". It is of course the text, translation and analysis of a sixteenth century Persian manuscript titled Qesse-ye Sanjan (The Story of Sanjan) authored by one Bahman Kay Qobad Sanjana. As the "Introduction" on page 1 states, the purpose of this book is five-fold. [1] to produce a new edition of the Persian text of the Qesse-ye Sanjan, from the best and oldest manuscripts, [2] to transcribe a romanised Persian text and offer a new literal translation, parallel to the transcribed text, [3] to provide a detail commentary on the text, [4] to discuss the narrative structure of the text, and [5] to discuss the mythological and religious dimensions of what is a foundational document of the Parsi Zarathushtrian culture.