Uniate church, 185, 210, 259
United Nations, sanctions by, 31
Universal Mind or Intellect, 123, 125, 127, 145, 268
Universal Soul, 127, 145
Utnapishtim, 3
Vansleb, Johann, 196, 198
Virgin Mary, 102, 130, 182, 258
Vishtaspa, 97
Wafd Party, 198
Wahba, Youssef, 198
Wanat, battle of, 226
Warner Brothers, 82
Watani, 202
West Bank, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 177
conquest of, 160, 176
Palestinians and, 148
White Days, 21, 21–22
Wolff, Joseph, 154
Woolley, Leonard, 4
Wordsworth, William: paganism and, xii
World of Darkness, 18
World Zoroastrian Organisation, 108
Wotan, xix
Xerxes, 81, 84
Yahweh, 45
Yaish, Adli, 164
Yazd, 75, 76, 81, 107, 108
dakhma in, 104 (photo)
fire temple at, 109
photo of, 76
Zoroastrians in, 99, 100, 101, 102, 105, 109
Yazidis, ix, x, 52, 53, 58, 59, 64, 67, 118, 144
attacks on, xxiv, 70–71, 129
beliefs of, 39–40, 42, 43, 54, 276
challenge for, 72–73
Christians and, 41
cleanliness of, 273
creation and, 42
education of, 71
fish and, 54
folklore of, 276
handshake and, 48, 73
identity of, 66, 274
Kurds and, 40–41, 61, 65–66, 70, 71–72, 274
Melek Taoos and, 60–61, 63
missionary work and, 69
Mithraists and, 47
Muslims and, 39, 60
Ottomans and, 71
photo of, 60
prayer/fasting by, 43
reading/writing and, 42
refuge for, 41, 279
reincarnation and, 44
rights of, 271
scripture of, 43
shrines of, 41, 66
sun and, 44, 65
Yemeni, 138, 139, 264
Yoannis, Father, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216
Yohannan bar Penkaye, 64
Yom Kippur, Samaritans and, 169
Zaghloul, Saad, 198, 200
Zagros Mountains, 84
Zamalek Island, 188–189
Zarathustra, 92, 97, 102, 110
immortality and, 77, 79
moral law and, 80
Zendan-e-Soleyman, 87, 92, 106
temple at, 88 (photo)
Zenobia, 23
Zoroastrian priests, 79, 90
Zoroastrianism, 46, 52, 88
conversion to, 109, 110
free choice and, 78
human history and, 84–85
Iranians and, 89
liberal interpretation of, 108
modern, 109–111
Muslim practices of, 89–90
signs/emblems of, 81, 82
Zoroastrians, 8, 60, 61, 62, 64, 77, 81, 83, 86, 87, 91, 96
animals and, 78–79
Baha’i and, 107
in Britain, 106, 107, 108
cleanliness of, 101, 104, 105
customs of, 99–100
disrespect/hostility for, 80
encountering, 109
Gabri language and, 76
Hafez and, 97, 99
Jesus and, 77
monotheism and, xxi
Parsee, 106
talking with, 111
wine and, 97
Zulfikar (photographer), 234, 237, 239, 240, 242
on Kalasha, 255
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