Mazdak
Shahnameh : Execution of Mazdak
Mazdak ( Persian مزدکdied in 524 or 528) was a Zoroastrian priest and reformer in the late antiquity of Persia. He worked during the reign of the Sassanid king Kavadh I and was thus the founder of the Mazdakites . His teaching was influenced by the religious founder Mani , who had lived 300 years before and is considered a socialist and vegetarian . He was executed on the orders of Chosrau I and his followers were massacred at the same time.
Web links
- Thomas Schmiedinger: Mazdakism in Iran. Resistance to a theocracy. In: Die Maske - magazine for cultural and social anthropology, 2008, pp. 44–46 (PDF; 165 kB)
- Religions of Iran: Mazdakism
- Encyclopedia of Orient: Mazdakism
- History of Zoroastrianism: Mazdak
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mazdak |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | مزدک (Persian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Zoroastrian priest and reformer in Persia in late antiquity |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century or 6th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 524 or 528 |