Zaradust-e Khuragen ( Persian: زرتشت خورگان) was the leader of a branch of

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called Dorostdini and teacher of

Mazdak Mazdak (, Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭦𐭣𐭪, also Mazdak the Younger; died c. 524 or 528) was an Iranian Zoroastrian '' mobad'' (priest) and religious reformer who gained influence during the reign of the Sasanian emperor Kavadh I. He claimed to ...

,Esposito, John L. (2003). "Mazdakism". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 198. . leader of

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. Dorostdini was the root of Mazdakism, and the sect put emphasis on the use of

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instead of

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s. He was from

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and for many years he lived in the

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