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