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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aZoroastrian Conversions to the Bahá'í Faith in Yazd, Irán |
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_a[Tucson] : _bUniversity of Arizona _c1983 |
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| 520 | 3 | _aExamines 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. | |
| 690 | _aCONVERSION | ||
| 700 | 1 | _aStiles, Susan | |
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_3PDF _ainternal-pdf://3619183439/azu_td_1321402_sip1_m.pdf |
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