- 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...
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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...
- period. In Khuzestan, a
Zoroastrian factional revolt led by a high-priest (
mowbed) occurred. The
Roman emperor Carus exploited the
turbulent situation of...
- He
promoted the
Zoroastrian priest Kartir to the rank of
chief priest (
mowbed) and gave the
Manichaean prophet Mani
permission to
continue his preaching...
- (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...
- son of Mahraspand") was an
influential Zoroastrian high
priest (mowbedan
mowbed)
during the
reign of the
Sasanian king (shah)
Shapur II (r. 309–379). In...
- cap and belt (kulāf ud kamarband) and
appointed him as the
chief priest (
mowbed).
Hormizd I died the
following year;
Bahram I, who was
never considered...
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mgwpt yzd’n
shpwhry MLKA’n MLKA hwplsťy W hwk’mky HWYTNn. ud az Kirdīr ī
mowbed, yazdān ud šābuhr šāhān šāh huparistāy ud hukāmag anēn. And I, Kartir, the...
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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...
