Epidemiology of musculoskeletal symptoms, rheumatologic disorders, and disability in the Zoroastrian population in Yazd, Iran: a WHO-ILAR COPCORD study (stage 1) [PDF]
BMC Rheumatology, 2021 Background The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints, rheumatologic diseases, and disability among the Zoroastrian population in Iran.
Ali Dehghan +17 more
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Misplaced outrage on India's new citizenship laws: Opinions of healthcare professionals
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Historically India, that is Bharat, has shown its acceptance for refugees and the prosecuted minorities. As a civilization, India has given shelter, unbiased protection and habitation to the Christians from Syria, Zoroastrians (Parsis) from Iran, and ...
Satish Bhat +2 more
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Ancient migratory events in the Middle East: new clues from the Y-chromosome variation of modern Iranians. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2012 Knowledge of high resolution Y-chromosome haplogroup diversification within Iran provides important geographic context regarding the spread and compartmentalization of male lineages in the Middle East and southwestern Asia.
Grugni V +11 more
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The entry of the peacock motif into the art of Zoroastrian embroidery [PDF]
Dānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān, 2022 Zoroastrians of Iran are considered the oldest natives of Iran. After the Arab attack on Iran, they lived in Khorasan for some time and then went to Yazd and Kerman. But some of them moved to India.
Azadeh pashootanizadeh
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Endowments of Arbab Rostam Giv and Their Role in the Social and Cultural Development of Iranian Zoroastrians (Case study: Second Pahlavi period) [PDF]
مطالعات وقف و امور خیریه, 2023 IntroductionConsidering the importance of charity and benevolent acts as one of the most prominent religious-ethical teachings of all religions including Mazdaism, since the Qajar period and following the Persians' decision to improve their conditions ...
Elham Malekzadeh, Anis Sajjadi
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Traditional curing in the modern world: A case study Mantra Therapy among Zoroastrians [PDF]
Dānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān, 2020 Health, illness, and therapeutic practices are cultural components, so the meaning of these concepts varies throughout different cultures. There are different ethnic and religious groups in Iran, and this diversity makes the different meanings of these ...
Manizheh Maghsoudi, fariba Seddighi
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The Impact of Zoroastrian Cultural-Religious Services on the Development of Iranian-Islamic Civilization [PDF]
هنر اسلامی, 2020 No civilization is created in a void. Every civilization has its own heritage and has a substantial relationship with it. In essence, what is left from a past plays a decisive role in shaping the future.
Elahe Ziaei +3 more
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Zoroastrians' Cultural and Educational Activities in Reza Shah Period [PDF]
پژوهشهای تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2020 From the second half of the 13 solar hijri century, increase in the cultural and commercial relationships of iranian zoroastrians with Parsian society in India, has been resulted in a development of the cultural and educational activities of the ...
Masoud Dadbakhsh, حسین مفتخری
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Why and How the Relations between the Parsis of India and the Zoroastrians of Iran Were Formed? (Based on the Narrations of Rivāyāt-e Dārāb Hormazdyār) [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخی, 2020 1- Abstract: In 880 AH, with the arrival of Nariman Houshang, one of the Parsis of India, to Iran and his meeting with the High Priests of Turkabad, a special relationship was established between the Parsis of India and the Zoroastrians of Iran, which ...
Ali Yazdani rad, Ali Akbar Tashakori
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Association between Glutathione S-Transferase GSTM1-T1 and P1 Polymorphisms with Metabolic Syndrome in Zoroastrians in Yazd, Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2015 Background: The aim of this study was to assess the possible association between genetic polymorphisms of the glutathione S-transferase (GST) gene family and the risk of the development of metabolic syndrome (MS) in Zoroastrian females in Yazd, Iran ...
Mohammadhosain Afrand +3 more
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