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A. V. Williams Jackson, the princely gift from the Parsis of Bombay of five manuscripts of the Avesta. This year the university is further enriched by a sixth codex, which Prof. Jackson has just ...

The Arabic term ‘Zoroastrians’ (majūs) frequently features in early Islamic discourse as a synonym for ‘Other’. Muslims used it to describe groups they perceived as pagan, heretical or deviant. Hence ...

In India, an ancient religion known as Zoroastrianism is under threat. There are fewer than 60,000 believers and their numbers are projected to fall further. The UN says this is "alarming", and ...