- 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 serve...
-
districts of the
provinces were
ruled by a
shahrab and a
mowbed (chief priest). The
mowbed dealt with
estates and
other legal matters.
Sasanian rule...
- He
promoted the
Zoroastrian priest Kartir to the rank of
chief priest (
mowbed) and gave the
Manichaean prophet Mani
permission to
continue his preaching...
- period. In Khuzestan, a
Zoroastrian factional revolt led by a high-priest (
mowbed) occurred. The
Roman emperor Carus exploited the
turbulent situation of...
- son of Mahraspand") was an
influential Zoroastrian high
priest (mowbedan
mowbed)
during the
reign of the
Sasanian king (shah)
Shapur II (r. 309–379). Both...
- (plural: Moghan)
Mobad or
Mowbed; High-ranking
Priest (moghpati, moghbadh; plural: Mobadan)
Mobadan Mobad or
Mowbedan Mowbed;
Chief of the
clergy Dah-bashi...
- his race left alive. His
chiefs hear this and cry out
against him, and a
mowbed of the name of
Radui tells him that to kill a king or
prophet will bring...
- a
considerable number of
Parsis in the town.
Bahram Mowbed, the
younger brother of
Zanhosht Mowbed, was one of the
early priests to
settle in Bharuch....
-
administrative office which corresponded to a sort of judge, who, as a
deputy of the
mowbed (chief priest),
evaluated civil cases at a
district level. The (ham)shahr...
- that she may give
birth to Shapur.
Shapur is
raised in the
house of the
Mowbed.
Ardashir had no
knowledge of the
priest sparing the life of his son. According...
