TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stiles,Susan
TI  - Zoroastrian Conversions to the Bahá'í Faith in Yazd, Irán
PY  - 1983///
CY  - [Tucson] : 
PB  - University of Arizona
N1  - -; -
N2  - Examines the conversion of Zoroastrians to the Baha'i Faith in Yazd in the period from the 1880s to the early 20th century. A new mercantile elite emerged within the Zoroastrian community after the Parsis of India sent emissaries to their oppressed co-religionists in Iran. When religious reform failed to keep pace with social change, an ideational vacuum was created among this educated class which the Baha'i Faith succeeded in filling
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