Azar Kayvan
Āzar Kayvān (b. between c. 1529 and 1533; d. between c. 1609 and 1618) was the Zoroastrian high priest of Istakhr and a gnostic philosopher, who was a native of Fars, Iran and later emigrated to Patna in the Mughal Empire during the reign of Emperor Akbar. A member of the Sepāsīān community (gorūh), he became the founder of a Zoroastrian school of ishraqiyyun or Illuminationists, which exhibited features of Sufi Muslim influence. This school became known as the kis-e Abadi "Abadi sect".
Azar Kayvan | |
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آذر کیوان | |
| Born | between 1529 and 1533 |
| Died | between 1609 and 1618 Patna |
| Other names | Zu'l-`Olum (master of the sciences) |
| Parent(s) | Azar Zerdusht (father) Shirin (mother) |
| Religion | Zoroastrianism |
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