Mahabad (

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: مهاباد Mahābād) is believed to be a pre-

Zoroastrian Zoroastrianism ( ), also called Mazdayasnā () or Beh-dīn (), is an Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zarathushtra Spitama, who is more commonly referred to by the Greek translation, Zoroaster ( ). Among the wo ...

prophet In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divinity, divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings ...

or demigod. He is also called ''Azar Hooshang'', the Fire of Wisdom. In some traditions, he is believed to be the first human. Section 3 of the '' Dabestan-e Mazaheb'', a 17th-century text, is dedicated to the Yazdanians (also called the ''Sahi Kesh'' or ''Sipasi''), who held Mahabad to be the most exalted of prophets and the progenitor of the entire human race. The Dabestan briefly outlines the Yazdanians' beliefs and describes Mahabad's code of laws, the Paiman-i Farhang (Excellent Covenant). According to the Dasatir-i-Asmani, a text written in the 16th or 17th century by the

mystic Azar Kayvan, he lived in an earlier cycle of time (before Gayomard) and was the first of sixteen successive prophets. The thirteenth of these prophets was

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and the last was Sasan V, the alleged author of the ''Dasatir.''

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The Dabestan-e Madaheb, or 'School of religious doctrines' - Section III
* ttp://www.avesta.org/dhalla/history6.htm#chap50 M.N. Dhalla: History of Zoroastrianism (1938), part 6, Chapter L, MYSTICS AND MYSTICISMbr>Encyclopedia Iranica: DASĀTĪR
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