Who are the Zoroastrians? History of Iran's Oldest Religion

Who are the Zoroastrians? This is a video over the history of Iran's oldest religion and the journey of one of the smaller ethnoreligious communities of the world, but also one of the most fascinating as an incredibly affluent, successful and influential group of people.
Although small and (rapidly) dwindling in number, the Zoroastrian (also known as the Parsi or Irani) community remains fascinating to many, not only in the Persian/Iranian realm, but also around the world due to their interesting diaspora and influential relations. Thanks for watching!
Sources:
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[@HistorywithCy]

I'm actually a Parsi Zoroastrian...the funny thing is that I personally know some of the people in those photos...small world!

[@jaiku99]

The world of Parsis is indeed a small one

[@zshosseini3687]

Are you living in india?Can you speak persian?What is your langouage?

[@brandonbohr.7301]

Wow i like your channel very much i am your follower.

[@zshosseini3687]

@@brandonbohr.7301 Are you indian parsi?

[@brandonbohr.7301]

@@zshosseini3687 no i am christian spanish but i like India very much.

[@Persian_Queen_Cassandane]

I am a Zoroastrian from Persia (Iran). I love our beautiful country a lot, long live Iran.

[@Persian_Queen_Cassandane]

Long live Iran/Persia and the Persian language. We have 1. Cyrus the Great, 2. Surena, 3. Shapur the Great, 4. Ardashir the Unifier, 5. Darius the Great, 6. Yaqub Leis, 7. Zoroaster, 8. Khayyam, 9. Rhazes, 10. Bubares, 11. Avicenna, 12. Khwarizmi, 13. Nasir Tusi, 14. Mani, 15. Borzuya, 16. Fakhruddin Razi, 17. Jamshid Kashani, 18. Abd Rahman Sufi, 19. Ferdowsi, 20. Hafez, 21. Saadi, 22. Attar, 23. Qutb Din Shirazi, etc, etc, they are among the best scientists, poets, philosophers, kings and emperors of human history.

[@Darius.the.Great_Queen.Atossa]

I love my beautiful Iran, proud to be Persian.

[@rodolfo5022]

Long live Persia❗

[@Rose.Flower]

@@rodolfo5022 Thank you. Long live Persia!!!

[@Persian_Queen_Cassandane]

@@rodolfo5022 Thank you!

[@pax4370]

India helped Parsi community to foster. *Parsis in return gave India all commitments and wealths and Tata*

[@sanjanasinha7634]

@@nadlax5920 it's true Parsis are highly respected in India. They are one of most peaceful minorities here.

[@gamehacker2801]

@Green Road parsis are different their religion is peaceful.they can't become radicals. Zoroastrianism god might be one but it's values are close to indian values.

[@agostocobain2729]

They will ALWAYS BE IRANIANS, and they will be in our hearts. We love them like long lost family members. It breaks our hearts, but we are also very grateful to India for taking them in. So I as an Iranian thank you for that.

[@shapur2406]

Another proud Zoroastrian here, good thoughts, good words, good deeds.

[@shapur2406]

@Gavin Lim What? lol

[@mator2339]

@Gavin Lim fuck off man dont spam bullshit

[@shapur2406]

@@khuryun5165 I'm Gilak

[@shahriarghasemianbamy1156]

Hukhta humata huvarshta

[@sohrabnavahandi3974]

@@shapur2406 shomali hasti?

[@pranavathalye]

Interesting fact: While the Indian government promotes small families for population control in general, for the Parsis (Zoroastrians) the government is actually funding programs encouraging them to married and have more children. Because of their industriousness and philanthropic contributions, non-Parsi Indians (except for the edgy bois in the replies) have a very positive opinion of the Parsi community and would not want them to go extinct.

[@Karanramchiary]

@Shreevalsan i am hindu and what kind of fucking mentality is that.

[@aneesh2115]

@Shreevalsan as an indian, i dont want your kind of people in my country . Parsis are welcome

[@Rishi123456789]

@Shreevalsan Parsis are welcome in India, only Jews and Muslims are not welcome in India in my opinion.

[@aneesh2115]

@Shreevalsan which hindu nation?. India is secular bruh. Its written in the preamble . Sovereign socialist secular democratic republic. I dont see hindu anywhere there. You are a traitor to everything our nation stands for

[@pranav3426]

@Shreevalsan dude people like you are the reason India has a bad reputation abroad

[@joewalsh1054]

My coworker isn't a Zoroastrian but she is from Iran but is now a US citizen. She said a significant portion of Iran are not actually practicing Muslims because Zoroastrianism is the traditional religion of Iran but they had Islam shoved down their throats. Another woman I worked with who was also from Iran I found out today is actually a practicing Zoroastrian which is cool. I have heard the name before but never actually knew anything about Zoroastrianism it until last night and it's super interesting.

[@1Rose007]

This is correct that Islam was shoved down the throats of lranians and millions do not believe not practice it both inside lran and across the world.

[@klaraandersen4903]

I was in Iran, Iran is beautiful. Persians are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet. The people were incredibly friendly and hospitable. So much to see and do there and the food is amazing.

[@christopherhernandez3909]

Ancient Persian History needs to be preserved forever

[@trailrunning11vlog]

Christopher Hernandez i think the way to preserved your history and culture is to kick out islam in iran

[@vicaras1]

@@trailrunning11vlog I have a roman coin that was struck in Alexandria Egypt i 306 AD it's 300 years older then Islam.

[@RasPutintheGreat]

Yet bolton wants to bomb Iran.

[@odinstrom460]

Preserved? Hell, it needs to be totally revived.

[@Karla_1987]

No one preserve their ancient history... are jocking or what ?

[@generalmichaelconstantine4598]

Iranians are definitely among the most interesting and historical ethnic groups out there. It's truly such a shame they are grouped with Arabs in the west.

[@evanmedi6144]

Why would that be a shame?? First of all there isnt a race called iranians there are plenty of ethnicities amoung the modern day iranian borders including persians ofc arabs kurds Azéris nd plenty of others Which shows the fullest extense of ur knowledge

[@generalmichaelconstantine4598]

@@evanmedi6144 I don't recall claiming Iranians to be a race. I just said that it's a shame people don't make the connection between modern Iran and ancient Persia. It's not an attack against Arabs. Arabs and Iranians have different histories and it's a pity the western world doesn't see Iran as what it really is.

[@gcrecords1731]

Evan Medi and uyghur and roma turkhis mamluks we are iranians origins from scityians with uyghur saka indo mongolics iranians

[@shapurthegreat8314]

G&C RECORDS Dude. are you ok?

[@nashmi-8609]

its your problem and it shows how stupid people are there we arabs dont want to arabize iran and we never try to guys who love history should know that

[@parysatissh6978]

Proud persian zoroastrian!💫❤🙆‍♀️🇮🇷

[@pres4417]

How u people survived over there?

[@laodice_III]

@@pres4417 Iran (Persia) has many Zoroastrians, and many Iranians have left Islam and they became Zoroastrian again, or Christian. But Media don’t say it. Iran maintaining continuity with its Persian heritage. Persians (Iranians) have kept the Persian culture. Persians (Iranians) speak Persian and Iranians have Persian culture, traditions, ancient Persian clothes, costumes, art, music, literature, etc. Iranians (Persians) still celebrate the ancient Persian festivals/ traditions like Nowruz (the Persian New Year), the Night of Yalda, Charshanbe Suri, Sizde be Dar, etc.

[@pres4417]

@@laodice_III great♥️

[@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxx]

Wow and a beautiful one

[@elimalinsky7069]

@@pres4417 Iran officially protects religious minorities, these are: Zoroastrians, Christians and Jews. It is illegal to openly practice the Baha'i religion in Iran though, because Baha'i are considered to be apostates to Islam. Iranian people are surprisingly tolerant towards other religions and cultures, and even strict Shia regime supporters usually have no problem with religious minorities living and openly practicing their religion, although proselytizing is strictly forbidden. Many Iranians are highly educated and know a fair amount of history. They have studied about the forced conversion to Islam, and later on the forced coversion from Sunni to Shia Islam, and most recently the theocratic takeover of the country by clerics who are seen by the general public as corrupt and illegitimate. To sum it all up, I belive that most of the younger Iranians are sick and tired of religious dogma and want simply to live in a free and liberal country.

[@natemarx4999]

Without Masaman, we would be lost.

[@TKUA11]

Mason would be a Zoroastrian in another life

[@eazyemco]

I was panicking for this whole week...

[@laodice_III]

@kesofat No, his mother is Iranian.

[@laodice_III]

@kesofat I know that he has not very knowledge of Iran, it's very strange to me!!!

[@mohanganavarapu912]

Well said Nate Marx

[@islandgirlxx3465]

I've always been fascinated by persian culture. Long live Iran.

[@laodice_III]

Love from Persia (Iran).

[@house_of_ember327]

I heard the Zoroastrian religion is starting to make a comeback in Kurdish society. After the rise and fall ISIS, some Kurds didn't want to be associated with Islam and began to revert to their ancient heritage of Zoroastrianism.

[@ayatollahkhamenei5014]

@Ktuana The majority are still Muslim, I'm pretty sure it was a minor occurrence. Anyways, there's no need to insult anyone's religion. Zoroastrianism is a great religion and so is Islam. Anyways, best wishes.

[@naelyneurkopfen9741]

@@ayatollahkhamenei5014 Islam is not a "great religion". It's an authoritarian form of governance, filled with torture, violence & blood! The quran is the devil's handbook & allah is Satan himself. Mohammed knew that when he met him.

[@haitamc5611]

@@naelyneurkopfen9741 I lost brain cells reading that. Allah is just arab for god, christian arabs also call god allah, so calling allah makes no sense. And muhammed was a man known for his kindness and honesty even by his enemies and was also a very wise leader. No one hates Isis more than muslims, especially arabs. They consider them kharjites.

[@user-kf9ft5ru2v]

@Naelyn Eurkopfen Allah is an arabic word meaning god, we worship the same god as christians and jews. How is it authoritarian? it restricts us from certain stuff for a good reason obviously. for example, it restricts us from drinking alcohol because its bad for your health and can lead to death. before making assumptions, please educate yourself and know why it restricts us from certain things, its for our own good.

[@babouchkine5179]

@@haitamc5611 mohammed was a pedophile who screwed aicha when she was 9 years old and genocided two jewish tribes , islamic schools of law all support the death penalty for homosexuality as well as polygamy , you are muslim because your parents where not because you are an intellectual

[@VanaeCavae]

India is the adapted home of two Iranian religions, Zoroastrianism and the Bahai faith.

[@jongxina4908]

madhu greenleaf it's true. The term Hindu was not coined by us south Asians. Hinduism was called Sanatan Dharma. The people on the western side of indus river i.e Iranians coined the term Hindu to call the people living on the eastern side of river indus.

[@SK-hg3pt]

@F U B India wasn't ruled by ancient Persians, rather it was the other way around. Parts of Persia was under Indian empires thousands of years ago.

[@vigneshm4806]

@@jongxina4908 what's true? That the name Hindu is a Persian (or rather Mesopotamian) version of Sindhu? Maybe. But did Ancient Persians rule India? That never happened.

[@floridaman318]

The Baha'i faith has its headquarters in Israel...

[@sachlangjamatia7141]

You see, persians could not spell 'S' from Sindu so they replaced 'S' with 'H' , so for them anyone who lives in and beyond the eastern bank of Sindu river were Hindu Thora thik se socho, you will get it

[@kuroazrem5376]

Now there is conversion to zoroastrianism occurring among Iranian and Kurds

[@sumanchatterjee6591]

really?

[@Soler4485]

Good

[@zarad9524]

👍 Hope you find peace with it, it's long overdue ❤️

[@heathenfire]

Hope it continues

[@mr.normalguy69]

It's not that much.

[@Masaman]

We are back boyz

[@hebreophone]

Hell yeah

[@miamivicemami]

You need to make textbooks

[@rygalchanhussain6454]

yaaaaay . Missed you.

[@funzjag]

@ Masaman Thanks for covering the Zoroastrian faith. As a Christian, I have a great respect for the Zoroastrian religion. The 3 Magi that were guided by the Star of Bethlehem and traveled to visit Jesus as a baby were Holy Men of the Zoroastrian faith. They recognized the significance of the birth of Jesus and they had the guidance of the Heavenly Father as they journeyed back to their homelands. The Lord guided them to keep them safe from the corrupt King Herod. Their interactions with the Lord are written in the Holy Bible. As a Christian, this to me is evidence that the Zoroastrians follow the Creator of all things, as do we Christian people. I always enjoy your content. Have a Blessed day, my friend. 🙏

[@Demographiaanthropology]

yay

[@Aaron-bd9sj]

"Good thoughts, good words, good deeds". Glad to see a shout out to Zoroastrianism. Also though, Darius I was a Zoroastrian, but Cyrus was a Mithraist.

[@zarad9524]

Interesting, can you give me a source for this?

[@emzkoe3904]

The first time I heard of Mithras was in a King Arthur book and I was like... what the hell is that? Then I found out it was a Persian religion... everything is so connected.

[@funzjag]

@@emzkoe3904 What was the Mithra reference in the Arthur Pendragon book?

[@Aaron-bd9sj]

@@zarad9524 you check out "Iranian Leviathan" for details. Great book. But in the mean time you check this out: www.parsinews.net/cyrus-the-great-was-no-zoroastrian/4066.html Also I recommend playing around on the CAIS (Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies) website. www.cais-soas.com/

[@malahammer]

@@Aaron-bd9sj "Iranian Leviathan" does this make him a complete nutter?

[@susanp5393]

Thank you for this excellent and comprehensive history of Zoroastrianism. You forgot however to mention that the Iranian new year, called "Norouz", many living Iranian official celebrations today, as well as Iranian official calendar, is still Zoroastrian. As an Iranian, like all Iranians, I also grew up being very aware of our Zoroastrian origins, and the importance of the long history of our country.

[@elysium76]

It’s the true religion of Iran

[@user-gi4qk7qm3t]

@BLUE DOG Look up "Siege of Ma'arra". Radical Muslims have done some terrible stuff but nothing comparable like that.

[@user-gi4qk7qm3t]

@BLUE DOG Look up "Siege of Ma'arra", you fucking nutcase. Radical Muslims have done horrifying stuff, but this is on a new level.

[@Jon-mh9lk]

The Zoroastrian works are mostly written in Avestan (an iranic language), not Syriac.

[@supremelordoftheauspicious2928]

胡元Jön He was talking about the script which comes from Aramaic

[@Jon-mh9lk]

​@@supremelordoftheauspicious2928 Avestan (a language) was still written with the Avestan alphabet.

[@supremelordoftheauspicious2928]

胡元Jön and the Avestan alphabet was an Aramaic based alphabet

[@Jon-mh9lk]

​@@supremelordoftheauspicious2928 Based on, yes, but not the same. Literally all writing systems in the region stem from Aramaic.

[@gcrecords1731]

胡元Jön corect from sanskritt aramaics of scityians saka sons of hittites and roma turkhis mamluks indoa iranians and kazak uygur karluk and kazakstan and uzbeki and azery

[@paulus3317]

My neighborhood in London has the only (as far as I know) official Zoroastrian centre in Europe. They had an open day recently and I went in for a tour. It was very interesting and the priest was a welcoming young guy. I admire the simplicity of the tenets of their religion and the complete lack - or possibility - of proselytism. Plus, the sky burial tradition is epic as! It's a shame their numbers are dwindling so but it's kind of beautiful how they are content with eventually ceasing to exist and adhere to their beliefs.

[@Blindtraindriver]

Parsis are a very respected community. They gel into any culture without losing their own, are enterprising and very considerate. They deserve to do well

[@timking7372]

So glad to have found your channel, such intelligent and to-the-point content is needed in this world, thank you Masaman.

[@HistoryHustle]

I have vaguely heard of this religion. Nice to see a video about it!

[@belstar1128]

I read about it in a book 20 years ago but i never actually seen someone who practises this religion

[@libafried5840]

Noah Balboul, it is absolutely not a form of Judaism. Judaism has no other forms except it own original form.

[@sumedhvaidya3019]

Zoroastrianism was born as a revolt against the religious setup in India. Because of this Zoroaster thought that there was a great deal of injustice done to his people i.e. Asuras by Devas. So he revolted against it and started rejecting the religious practices of Devas. He felt the need of a new religious set up for his people to unite them and the concept of Zoroastrianism was born. After that He left India with his followers and settled down in the region in today’s Persia and Mesopotamia. Historians are still so confused even today because they have still not understood the events that led to the birth of Zoroastrianism and why Devas and Ahriman, who were once worshiped, were suddenly shunned as evil beings by later day Mesopotamians. Zoroastrianism was born as a revolt against the religious setup in India. Zarathustra received his divine revelations in a mount in India and he was born in India and not in Mesopotamia. The Zoroastrianism is nothing but an offshoot of Sanatana Vedic Dharma Of India. That is why it started believing that Devas were evil spirits and Asuras were good spirits. It was a set up against the Devas and that is why they were expelled from India. This again proves the irrefutable fact that the Mesopotamian Civilization was created and founded by Ancient India. Sources: - Book Titled “19000 Years of World History - The Story of Religion” by Prithviraj R.

[@laodice_III]

@@sumedhvaidya3019 Zoroastrianism is Iranian and it has nothing to do with India.

[@sumedhvaidya3019]

@@laodice_III it has been heavily influenced by Vedic religion. Also Iran's oldest language AVESTAN is heavily influenced by SANSKRIT.

[@neilherrera5497]

Glad you’re back on KZbin Masaman

[@kaloarepo288]

Not just Freddie Mercury that made a name for himself in western music but other Parsis(Zoroastrians) have also featured -one of the greatest is Khaikhosru Sorabji -extremely prolific English pianist and composer who is famous for having written the longest musical composition of all time -virrtually goes for over half a day!And then there is the music conductor Zubin Mehta who currently conducts the Israel Philharmonic and the counter-tenor Bejun Mehta."Thus Spake Zarathustra is a famous orchestral piece by Richard Strauss that was much later employed as the main theme in the movie "20001 a Space Odyssey" and depicts the prophet Zoroaster on top a mountain viewing the sunrise.

[@user-ce3if8qn1h]

Yes and Freddie Mercury end up in Hell eventually because he sold his soul to Satan to be where he was.. This worlds belong to Satan so no man can be excessively famous, rich and succeeded without serving the master of this world. Don't be naive, wake up, don't end up in Hell too.

[@deewesthill1213]

@@user-ce3if8qn1h You believe that "this world belongs to Satan". Are you a Christian? Have you read the Bible? If so, maybe you know that the book of Romans, chapter 13 says "The powers that be are invested by God", and "whoever resists those powers resists God" and by doing so they will be "damned". Since you believe that "this world belongs to Satan", that means that "Satan" runs the world by command of your "God", who wants it that way. So your "God" is in league with "Satan"! Also, Jesus commanded his followers to "Love your enemies". That means you need to love "Satan". Do you love "Satan"? 🧐❤️👹💋😇

[@angelloperez7273]

​@@user-ce3if8qn1h"No Man can be famous, rich and sucessful without selling their soul." Man, I thought people had already understood that the "Paganini" argument Is silly and cringe. Make yourself a favor and stop doing spam in the KZbin comment section.

[@angelloperez7273]

Yeah, I've heard Sorabji works and they blowed me away, he used counterpoint Is ways that I just couldn't imagine posible. It's not Easy music to listen to, specially because of the dissonance in many of His works.

[@kaloarepo288]

Our local classical music station once featured it and it went on for something like a day! Listened to a couple of hours.@@angelloperez7273

[@christostsinas]

Hands down, one of the best KZbin channels. I have enjoyed every video you've made so far.

[@Felix-pc6jh]

What a great video! Thanks for uploading this video!

[@fanzy1338]

Finally...have been waiting for this one for a long time. ty

[@javad4866]

thank you for this beautiful video. due to the oppression of Islamic regime in the past few years, Iran's society and their interests towards Zoroastrianism has changed significantly as they see Zoroastrianism as of their lost identity and concept of nationalism that had been erased from the history books and the culture by force. thus, millions of Iranians are seeking for answers in history. they appreciate and see the Parisian of India as their ancestors holding the secret keys of their lost culture and values. as an Iranian nationalist, i strongly believe that in a few years, Zoroastrianism will dominate Iran's culture like the beginning. Iranian people will finally replace this theocratic regime with a democratic Gov based on human rights, principals and values constituted by Cyrus the great❤

[@marcellobomfim5629]

Wow! Very interesting video! Thank you!

[@pottersurrenderedclay]

Thank you so much Mason I throughly enjoyed this incredibly informative content 😊 God bless you!

[@davidking6242]

Ey long time no see! glad to see a new upload

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

Your videos are so cool! Coming from an archaeology background, the images of the ruins are total eye candy for me!

[@mfmatthew420]

Thanks for another class video!!

[@gulugul78]

This is definitely one of my favourite channels

[@babakpersian]

We will back to our origin. We Iranians are Zoroastrians.

[@babakpersian]

Belthazor22 that’s exactly what‘s happening right now and during last weeks. Iran is in a revolutionary path. People hate Mullahs

[@terraaustral]

Please bring back Zoroastrianism the religion of the Arya and them proceed to destroy Israel :D

[@ai-kt3hy]

Meh

[@abumuhaiminul9818]

Will never happen...lol.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Wow nice to see you back!

[@Dogen70]

Thanks Masaman for being Professor M, with your history powers. I love your stuff

[@nomanmcshmoo8640]

Fascinating! Thank you for the insight.

[@jonathanlovejoy1984]

as far as i have seen the Parsees are a really great lot of people, i have mostly met them around Maharashtra state in India....places such as Poona, Mumbai and Nasik.....they are often successful and well educated......the thing that i have noticed about all people of Persian origin that i have met is how very close to us Europeans that they are with a touch of Indian mixed in.

[@DegenerateSharingan]

You're back!

[@charlieryan1736]

Thanks for another interesting and informative video

[@jackm2293]

very interesting stuff. thank you for making this great content.

[@Firefalcon88]

Although I’m American and purely of European decent, I’ve always been fascinated with this religion since learning about it in one of my classes. For whatever reason, it appealed to me the most out of all the world religions we studied in that course. Something about it and the people seems so attractive to me. If memory serves me right, it’s, unfortunately, only something you can be born into, not married or converted into.

[@tinanaghdi9720]

You can covert! You just can’t convert in certain parts of India. I’m in the process of converting myself and the more I learn about this religion, the more I fall in love.

[@marjanbonyadi3118]

This is beautiful!

[@sydjaguar]

Rattan Tata is one fine example. Great video and research

[@OwnTrick]

Thank you for posting about iranic people's history ♥️

[@BishopofBayeux]

Great content, thank you

[@middleeastarmenia407]

Information about Armenians being Zoroastrians is very underrated. People have no idea how much it has affected our culture and we had lots of the customs renamed, thus confused with only Armenian. Nowruz being our Navasard for example.

[@markanderson6133]

As an Orthodox Christian, I take exception to calling the Byzantine Empire "Catholic", Byzantium was, even before the schism of 1054, on a different spiritual path than was Rome.

[@joachimjustinmorgan4851]

Mark Anderson AMEN!

[@forgalzz7]

And yet they professed belief in the "one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church", did they not?

[@joachimjustinmorgan4851]

forgalzz7 The term “Catholic” was only applied to the Roman church AFTER their separation from Orthodoxy. So yes, in a sense. And yet we all celebrate “Pentecost,” but we are not “Pentecostal,” we “baptize,” and yet are not “Baptist’s.” Attempting to manipulate terms to suit an agenda you know is false only gives away the faults in your agenda. The Byzantine traditions, liturgy, and way of life is clear and present in the Orthodox Church and always has been. It is not now, nor has it been for 1000 years present in the Roman church.

[@forgalzz7]

@@joachimjustinmorgan4851I will admit that the "catholic" had startled me, too, but it took my mind about 10 ms to erase the "Roman-" that it had silently inserted and accept the broader truth of the statement.

[@forgalzz7]

@Thane Coxon I should think so. The Church of the East has certainly always considered itself Catholic, and I find it strange that one would take to the comments to protest this notion.

[@jamesalvarez1455]

Great video, man.

[@abbynormal206]

great visual charts!

[@Mando0975]

A video on the Druze religion would be pretty interesting

[@Loreman72]

But I hear it's just about impossible to get them to talk about it!

[@hohosims5432]

That's a really interesting topic

[@joachimjustinmorgan4851]

First rule of the Druze... don’t talk about Druze.

[@deepblue3682]

Similarities seen in zedavesta and Rigveda would be a great topic..of wars between as(h) uras and devas... Shared gods, pantheons,yajnas,havans,soma...etc..

[@sinicix]

Magnificent video.

[@primofxdls4065]

Very interesting, great video

[@DerFilc]

The time Masaman will start uploading in HD is when I will start feeling old

[@colonelsmith7829]

glad zoroastrianism was covered. it's a unique ethno-religious identity. that has surrounded itself in obscurity since it was driven out of iran when they were expelled by the abbasids. they have limited populations, and generally remain knitted to their communities with no much outsider contact. thankfully, india has provided them refuge for centuries and made them one of their own. they've assimilated to indian and hindu culture while still practicing zoroastrianism. sadly, iran is still oppressive towards them. to me, it seems like some elements of zoroastrianism never died. for example the veneration and cult of personality surrounding ali in twelverism. like how zoroaster is venerated as a prophet

[@joshuamelton9148]

Very informative. I learned something new.

[@axxessmundi]

Watching Masaman videos increases neural activity. Thank you for these valuable videos.

[@painxsavior7723]

Nice video masaman I hope you do another video about the genetics of iranian

[@laodice_III]

The Genetics of the Iranian Peoples kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpfGd4SBndx_gck " This video is the ultimate source on the genetics of the Iranian peoples as of 2018, and includes all sources dealing with the genetic composition of Iranics to date, including PCAs, autosomal breakdowns, and Haplogroup studies. Ancient Iranic populations, notably the Scythians, Sarmatians, and Alans, are also covered in depth in this video. All information is sourced and from the latest genetic studies by the world's formost scientific publications. All of this recent genetic evidence has proven there to be 90 to 95% genetic stability in Iran since the Iron Age. Arab and Semitic, Turco-Mongol, and South Asian related admixture does not exceed more than 5% in the general Iranian population, minorities exluded. Furthermore, Proto-Indo-European related admixture accounts for 20 to 30% of the modern Iranian genome, and Chalcolithic Iranian admixture accounts for 60 to 75% of the modern Iranian genome. All sources are listed below and in the pinned comment."

[@jabohonu]

Small mistake on 7:26 the byzantine empire wasnt predominantly catholic but orthodox. Superb video as always aniway.

[@XRP_321]

Dope video!

[@kimwarburton8490]

Woah that was fascinating! Esp last few seconds!

[@clestonefei]

I would like your videos to have subtitles in Portuguese, so I can show it to my mother.

[@greyreigns]

well, you speak English, evidently enough, and I would hope you speak your mother's tongue, maybe you can help provide some subtitles :)

[@chanpasadopolska]

@@greyreigns complicated because they used diffrent language to communicate, here is answer kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYOwaKmKp658n9U

[@TheColombiano89]

Zoroastrian here. My family fled to Colombia after the Islamic Revolution. We are still here ! 🙏

[@wheeliebeast7679]

@Sabitri Sahu Lol. I'm pretty sure drug lords are still a problem there, but nowhere near the threat to public safety they were in the 80s and 90s

[@bojabang2188]

2:41 I believe the term would be “Universalizing religions” Great video, learned a lot, as always.

[@idk2b58]

Finally you’re back

[@stardust6643]

long live India and Iran, India always gives refuge to the oppressed ones, without India and the proud culture of them Parsis had nowhere to go...

[@ItalianIrishguy]

I hope that maybe one day, this religion Zoroastrianism, will return to Iran as the main faith.

[@SuperThischannel]

Perhaps. It would be better if Iran become irreligious though.

[@tonytomato100]

Anything would be better than Islam, the religion of cultural erasure for whoever it touches. Either that or Muhammad just took it and said it was Islamic now (kaaba)

[@IronWarrior86]

I don't think people realize how many problems that would solve!

[@haitamc5611]

@AridYes, north korea is so peaceful aint it.

[@haitamc5611]

@@tonytomato100 Iranians practice a bootleg version of Islam.

[@milangovedarica6952]

Good work! Mandeans next, please.

[@judithlungen6958]

Thank you for this just wish it went a bit slower - so much rich history to digest and remember - however this is great Thank you ❤❤❤

[@ahappyimago]

Great video. I am Iranian Jewish with a great interest in the topic. Been reading Zoroastrianism by Jenny Rose.

[@jrhermosura4600]

Jewish identity became defined during the persian era and the fact that pre rabbinic judaism flourished better during the persian era compared to the babylonian era makes sense of how there are a number of similarities between the two today.

[@sumedhvaidya3019]

Zoroastrianism was born as a revolt against the religious setup in India. Because of this Zoroaster thought that there was a great deal of injustice done to his people i.e. Asuras by Devas. So he revolted against it and started rejecting the religious practices of Devas. He felt the need of a new religious set up for his people to unite them and the concept of Zoroastrianism was born. After that He left India with his followers and settled down in the region in today’s Persia and Mesopotamia. Historians are still so confused even today because they have still not understood the events that led to the birth of Zoroastrianism and why Devas and Ahriman, who were once worshiped, were suddenly shunned as evil beings by later day Mesopotamians. Zoroastrianism was born as a revolt against the religious setup in India. Zarathustra received his divine revelations in a mount in India and he was born in India and not in Mesopotamia. The Zoroastrianism is nothing but an offshoot of Sanatana Vedic Dharma Of India. That is why it started believing that Devas were evil spirits and Asuras were good spirits. It was a set up against the Devas and that is why they were expelled from India. This again proves the irrefutable fact that the Mesopotamian Civilization was created and founded by Ancient India. Sources: - Book Titled “19000 Years of World History - The Story of Religion” by Prithviraj R.

[@ahappyimago]

Sumedh Vaidya everything you said here is very inaccurate by the standards of credible historians. Please take down this nonsense. India has many things to be proud of already, but these things you wrote are just conspiracy theories.

[@sumedhvaidya3019]

@@ahappyimago www.themysteriousindia.net/indian-origins-zorastrians-parsees/ Then explain why there are linguistic and phonetic similarities. Why the things bad in Vedic religion are considered good in Zoroastrianism. You don't have knowledge about Vedic religion. You need to read about DEVAS and ASURAS. Many western historians have never really truly understood ancient Indian history.

[@laodice_III]

@@sumedhvaidya3019 Zoroastrianism has nothing to do with India. The religion of Iranians before Zoroastrianism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Iranian_religion

[@WorldEye88]

So Iranians (Persians) are a very old culture that have influenced western countries. That is good to know.

[@Persian_Queen_Cassandane]

yes

[@bugsbunny2278]

Great video man thank you! but can you please reduce the background sound it will be great, thanks.

[@rosswebster7877]

Fantastic video as always Masaman! Might I suggest for a future video, the demographics and migration of Russian religious dissenters I.e. Old Believers, Dukhabors, etc.

[@chesedprather7246]

Cyrus is not revered for his so-called “progressive policies and tolerance” as you put it. He literally rebuilt the holy temple of God in Jerusalem and THAT is why he is revered!

[@okhan_roudbaraki]

Chesed Prather And most importantly he freed jews who were enslaved by Babylonians then he rebuilt the holy temple

[@johngreen4610]

Glad someone finally pointed some of this out. Wondered for years why Iranians never threw off the yoke of Islam.

[@marmary5555]

It was on its way with the Pahlavi dynasty. The Faravahar was on the coat of Arm of Iran before 1979.

[@cassandane_cyrus__persia]

@Electroweak Epoch No, we Iranians don't have Arab DNA. We are Persian and we speak Persian. We have Persian culture.

[@ismaelbenhayoun2668]

Great Thank you

[@shakiaserk4135]

Perfect thank you so much

[@polygamous1]

They are the original Persians with their great past their civilization n empire they are all nice people

[@jeremiasrobinson]

Keep the fire burning!

[@birdy..nom..nom..097]

Amazingly interesting

[@francislong5114]

Wow, very interesting.

[@PriyankaSharma-cw2jb]

Famous Zoroastrian India 🇮🇳 Mother of indian independen_bhikaji cama Father of India space research_homi Jahangir bhav/Vikram Sara bhai Father of India air lines_jrd Tata and many more.they are more successful people.they always smile.both Hindu and Zoroastrian people worship 🔥.thet contribution is more.we can't forget them

[@torebelthoft4471]

I`m a rare bird, I am a norwegean convert to the good religion. Me and my wife are the first european couple to be married in a zoroastrian ceremony in the Atash Gadeh in Paris by our iranian mobed who also performed my sedreh pooshi

[@Persian_Queen_Cassandane]

Great, love from Persia (Iran).

[@laurastrobel718]

Fascinating I first learned of this religion in a world religions class in college but your video provided way more than a brief overview like that class did Also knew Freddie was from Zanzibar and had an exotic "real name" but didn't know he was Persian Thank you Nick Appreciate your work friend☺

[@Nozarks1]

Laura Strobel he was actually Indian Zoroastrian. Bohemian Raphsody was a lovely movie on him. Worth seeing. Won many oscars

[@laurastrobel718]

@@Nozarks1 thanks for your input I haven't seen that film yet but the young man that played Freddie appears to have done a remarkable job☺💝

[@Nozarks1]

Laura Strobel yes he has. I hope you get to see it.

[@suhailshafi]

Fascinating !

[@npickard4218]

Your videos are amazing! The Chaldeans are a small group, I believe they are a small Christian sect who speak Aramaic, the daily language of Jesus. I would love to see a video of them!

[@manidwivedi5880]

When I Read History related to India I proudly recite word of Ram, Shiva, Sakti, Guru Gobind- Anyone is welcome who is oppressed. There will be no persecution, Generalisation of you. Your Identity is precious, your thought and culture is precious and when you arrive in our land to accept it as your land too then God arrive with you and it will make all of us prosper not just in term of money but also in Peace.

[@zelphx]

BRAVO! (From a fellow historian)

[@d333my]

Great videos. Please do one on the origins of the Khazaian Jewish converts. 👍🏽

[@timurthelamest5630]

"Predominantly Catholic Byzantine Empire" pretty good video though, you've got my subscription for sure.

[@jomolololo4398]

I suggest you start binge watching all his videos are great

[@yardgharforge3157]

Catholicity is also term from nicean creed so all churches, are catholic its just Rome catholic and Ortodox chuches is more common names.

[@mitchellrutherford1215]

@@yardgharforge3157 It was a term first used by the apostolic fathers for just "the world wide fellowship of saints" as a word to distinguish them from the church of just one city, it wasn't a title for the church until the Donatist controversy in 4th century

[@atillathehungry3145]

I clicked to find out if Freddy Mercury was really Zoroastrian.

[@Narimann]

Yes, He was. Indian parsi. Tatan Tata of conglomerate Tata is also parsi

[@laodice_III]

@@Narimann He was not Indian. Freddy Mercury was Persian.

[@noble.savage.1492]

this guy knows everything - Lawl...!

[@Narimann]

@@laodice_III His parents were from Gujarat India. Later moved to Zanzibar islands. Parsis are living in India for over thousand years

[@Narimann]

@@laodice_III His parents then moved to Britain.

[@nikolaosaggelopoulos8113]

Another great video. In the USA, peoples' identity and history began in a CNN world news item. It is always refreshing when someone presents the bigger picture.

[@MestizoKarf]

Welcome back.

[@stefanschleps8758]

The fire of the Zoroastrians is without any doubt related to the Hindu concept of Tapasya. It is frequently mistakenly defined as penance. But it's real meaning is the fire of purification which burns through the body releasing the follower from the pain and ignorance of their samskara's. It is these samskara's which hide from us the light of God, and the right direction of life, or Dharma. I am sure that the Zoroastrians worshiped this outer fire as symbolic of the inner fire and the process which leads the soul to freedom. Thanks for making the video. Peace.

[@lukeshdoesntknow]

Hmm, I wonder if globalization and the rise of the internet are helping connect people groups like the Zoroastrians to overcome problems of isolation, fertility, etc

[@taotaostrong]

We missed you!

[@jonathanthompson4077]

And I was just looking up the religion yesterday for a story