| The Zoroastrian Myth of Migration from Iran and Settlement in the Indian Diaspora: Text, Translation and Analysis of the 16th Century Qesse-Ye Sanj Contributor(s): Williams, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004176985 ISBN-13: 9789004176980 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $143.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: "The Qesse-ye Sanjan," previously misinterpreted and cast aside as a quasi-historical chronicle, is here rediscovered as a fully-formed religious composition that can tell us a great deal about Zoroastrian values in particular and the nature of religious self-representation in general. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Zoroastrianism - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 295.095 |
| LCCN: 2009027840 |
| Series: Numen Book Series / Texts and Sources in the History of Reli |
| Physical Information: 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Qesse-ye Sanjān is the sole surviving account of the emigration of Zoroastrians from Iran to India to form the Parsi ('Persian') community. Written in Persian couplets in India in 1599 by a Zoroastrian priest, it is a work many know of, but few have actually read, let alone studied in depth. This book provides a romanised transcription from the oldest manuscripts, an elegant metrical translation, detailed commentary and, most importantly, a radical new theory of how such a text should be "read", i.e. not as a historical chronical but as a charter of Zoroastrian identity, foundation myth and justification of the Parsi presence in India. The book fills a lacuna that has been acutely felt for a long time. |