- A mobed, mowbed, or
mobad (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭢𐭥𐭯𐭲) is a
Zoroastrian cleric of a
particular rank.
Unlike a
herbad (ervad), a
mobed is
qualified to...
- 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...
-
founded in the
early Sasanian Empire by Zaradust-e Khuragen, a
Zoroastrian mobad who was a
contemporary of Mani (d. 274). However, it is
named after its...
- High
rituals such as the
Yasna are
considered to be the
purview of the
Mobads with a
corpus of
individual and
communal rituals and
prayers included in...
-
priests have the
title of
mobad, and are able to
conduct the
congregational worship and such
occasional functions as marriages. A
mobad must be the son, grandson...
- high
priest who has
authority in
religious matters and
ranks higher than a
mobad or herbad. In this
specific sense, the term is used
mostly among the Parsis...
-
property to
other Mobads. He then
lists his
titles in the
Sasanian court: "
mobad and herbad" in the time of
Shapour I, "Kartir, the
mobad of Hormozd" in...
- (Persian: [جهانگیر اوشیدری) (1921 –
October 22, 2004) was a high-level
Mobad (priest or cleric) and a
researcher of the
Zoroastrians in Iran. He had...
- is
collected from the
houses of a
dastur (high priest/senior priest,) a
mobad, and a layman. A
natural fire is also
kindled by
striking two
flint stones...
-
Islamic faith. In
particular this
includes his
close relationship with the
mobad Sunpadh and his
repeated praise of Zoroastrianism.
Following his successful...
