- 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...
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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...
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which deals with
Avestan mythology,
among numerous others.
Cyrus Niknam, a
Mobad,
writer and
researcher of
ancient Iranian culture,
denies the existence...
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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...
- (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...
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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...
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Zoroastrian priesthood has
survived in
India and Iran. They are
termed Herbad,
Mobad (Magupat, i.e.
chief of the Maga), and
Dastur depending on the rank. The...
