Zoroastrian Collection

Ahura Mazda, supreme god in Zoroastrianism, Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East

Zoroastrian (Parsee) Beauty - Iran. Date: 1910

Parsi Fire Temple - Bombay - Zoroastrians
Parsi Fire Temple - Mumbai (Bombay) - Zoroastrians

A Parsi woman at a fire altar
A Parsi (Zoroastrian) Indian woman at a fire altar, worshipping Zoroaster Date: 1906

Parsi Fire Temple in Baku, Azerbaijan

Parsi Fire Temple - Mumbai, India
Parsi (Indian Zoroastrian) Fire Temple at Bombay (Mumbai, India), possibly on a Parsi Holiday. Date: circa 1910s

Facsimile of a page from the oldest manuscript of the Avesta, Avesta or Awesta is the holy book of the Zoroastrian religion endowed by the ancient Iranian prophet Zarathustra, Historical

Ahuramazda also Ahura Mazda means the wise lord or lord of wisdom, in Middle Persian Ormusd, Ormozd or Ormus, in Zoroastrianism is the creator god who first created the spiritual world, Menok

Lion of Mithras with a bee in its mouth. Cult of Mithras, inspired by the Zoroastrian Sun god Mithra. Out of the strong came forth sweetness. Leone Mitriaco in plasma

Lion of Mithras with a bee in its mouth. Cult of Mithras, inspired by the Zoroastrian Sun god Mithra. Out of the strong came forth sweetness. Leone Mitriaco in elitropia

Ahura Mazda supreme god in Zoroastrianism Persepolis UNESCO World Heritage Site Iran Middle East

Dakhma Tower of Silence Zoroastrian ritual, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Brighouse, West Yorkshire - Mazdaznan - Harvest Festival
circa 1910s

Ka ba-ye Zartosht, Cube of Zoroaster, Zoroasters Kaba, 6th century BC, Naqsh-e
Ka ba-ye Zartosht, Cube of Zoroaster, Zoroasteras Kaba, 6th century BC, Naqsh-e Rostam, necropolis, Fars Province, Iran

Zoroastrians History and Culture Museum, Yazd, Yazd Province, Iran

Columbia -- Mr. Dhalla, H.Y. Clews, Djelal Munif Bey and A.V.W. Jackson, 1914

The Social Science Congress at Sheffield: Sir Manockjee Cursetjee
education in India, 1865. View of...the meeting, on Friday, of the Educational Department, Mr. Thomas Chambers, M.P

The new Oriental Bank and Share-Market, Bombay, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The new Oriental Bank and Share-Market, Bombay, 1865

Parsee of Bombay; From Bombay to Kosseir: The Red Sea, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Parsee of Bombay; From Bombay to Kosseir: The Red Sea, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Bombay Parsees with an Address of Welcome to the Prince, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Bombay Parsees with an Address of Welcome to the Prince [of Wales], 1876. The future King Edward VII on a royal visit to India

Tower of Silence, Bombay (Mumbai), India
Tower of Silence (Dakhmeh), Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1890s

Parsees of Bombay; Notes on Bombay and the Malabar Coast, 1875. Creator: C. B. Low
Parsees of Bombay; Notes on Bombay and the Malabar Coast, 1875. [Parsi men from what is now Mumbai, India]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Parsee Lady; Notes on Bombay and the Malabar Coast, 1875. Creator: C. B. Low
Parsee Lady; Notes on Bombay and the Malabar Coast, 1875. [Parsi woman and child, India]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Parsee Children, Bombay; Notes on Bombay and the Malabar Coast, 1875. Creator: C. B. Low
Parsee Children, Bombay; Notes on Bombay and the Malabar Coast, 1875. [Parsi children from what is now Mumbai, India]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithradates IV, 130-47. Creator: Unknown
Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithradates IV, 130-47

Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Gotarzes II, 40-51. Creator: Unknown
Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Gotarzes II, 40-51

Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Orodes I, 57-37 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Orodes I, 57-37 BCE

Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithridates II the Great of Parthia, 123-88 BCE Reign of King Mithridates II of Parthia

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Gotarzes, 40-51. Creator: Unknown
Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Gotarzes, 40-51

Drachma (Coin) Portraying Chosroes I, 531-579. Creator: Unknown
Drachma (Coin) Portraying Chosroes I, 531-579

Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Varahran II, 238-275. Creator: Unknown
Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Varahran II, 238-275

Parsees, c. 1870s (b / w photo)
495566 Parsees, c.1870s (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Ka bah of Zoroaster, c. 500 BC (stone)
BOO179115 Ka bah of Zoroaster, c.500 BC (stone) by Achaemenid, (5th century BC); Naqsh-e Rostam

Magic Bowl and an Ostrakon, Iran, 9th-10th century. Creator: Unknown
Magic Bowl and an Ostrakon, Iran, 9th-10th century. Written in a local variant of Pahlavi which remained in use, beside Arabic, at least until the 10th century, especially in Zoroastrian circles

Ewer with Molded Inscriptions, Animals and Dancers, Iran, last quarter 11th or 12th century. Inscription mentions the name of the potter, Abu Ahmad Qassa i

A Fire-Worshipper Received at the Board of Abraham the Patriarch, Folio from a Bustan (Orchard) of Sa di, 17th century

Magi Round the Sacred Fire, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Magi Round the Sacred Fire, 1890. Zoroastrian traditions of the fire temples date c600 BC. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

A Parsi Lady, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
A Parsi Lady, c1930s. Indian woman, a member of the Zoroastrian community. Postcard. [D. Macropolo & Co. Calcutta, India]

Persepolis ancient ruins in Iran - Simorgh mythical bird stone carving
Ancient and mysterious ruins and stone carved column decorated with a twin Simorgh bird, the mythical Iranian equivalent of phoenix or griffin featured in the Persian literature of antiquity

The Parsi (Zoroastrian) Tower of Silence at Deolali, India

Persian fire worshipper of the Zoroastrian religion.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Mysterious ancient stone horses gate of Persepolis - Iran
Ancient and mysterious big stone horses statues carved into large stone blocks, as an entrance gate to one of the 500 BC palaces of the Persepolis or Takhte Jamshid complex

Zoroastrian Woman reclining on a divan
Zoroastrian (Parsee) Woman reclining on a divan Date: circa 1910s

Zoroastrian Fire Temple Baku, Azerbaijan
Zoroastrian Fire Temple (Ateshgah), Surakhani, Baku, Azerbaijan. Abandoned when oil and gas was found in the locality, the site has been prefectly preserved and is now a national heritage monumnet

India - Parsee Beauty
A Parsee (Parsi) Beauty of India Date: circa 1910

Zoroastrian Boarding School - Devlali, India - The Dining Room at Tea time

Ka ba Zardusht (Cube of Zoroaster), Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran, Middle East

Ka bah-i Zardusht, c. 500 BC (stone)
XIR279365 Ka bah-i Zardusht, c.500 BC (stone) by Achaemenid, (5th century BC); Naqsh-e Rostam, Iran; (add.info.: function contested, some believe it to have been a fire temple; ); Iranian

A Parsi family, 1902. Artist: Bourne & Shepherd
A Parsi family, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Persian Parsi family, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Parsee Fire Temple, Bombay, India, early 20th century. The Parsees are the largest Zoroastrian community on the Indian subcontinent

Parsis worshipping the New Moon, Bombay, India, 1903. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Parsis worshipping the New Moon, Bombay, India, 1903. A Parsi (sometimes spelled Parsee), is a member of a close-knit Zoroastrian community based primarily in India

Zoroaster, from Maharashtra, India, c19th century. Indian-Zoroastrian perception of Zoroaster derived from a figure that appears in a 4th century sculpture at Taq-e Bostan in south-western Iran

Zoroastrian High Priest reciting before the sacred fire, 19th century

Parsee Tower of Silence, Malabar Hill, Bombay, India
Parsee Tower of Silence, Malabar Hill, Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1905

Cube of Zoroaster. 5th century BC Achaemenid-era tower. Naqsh-e Rustam. Zoroastrian religion. Iran

Parsi Gentleman, India, in a studio photo. Date: circa 1890s

Illustration of Muslims, Zoroastrians, Hindu pandits and yogis discuss their religious beliefs

Gate to Iran - Ancient Persepolis ruins
The massive main entrance gateway to the 500 BC Persepolis or Takhte Jamshid complex - known as The Gate of All Nations -, the capital city of the Achaemenid dynasty Zoroastrian empire

2, 500 years old ruins of Persepolis in Iran
The ruins of 500 BC palaces of the Achaemenid dynasty, in what was the capital of the Achaemenid empire in Takht-e Jamshid (also known as Persepolis)

Scattered ruins of ancient Persepolis palace - Iran
The ruins of 500 BC palaces of the Achaemenid dynasty, in what was the capital of the Achaemenid empire in Takht-e Jamshid (also known as Persepolis)

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Zoroastrianism, an ancient religion founded by the prophet Zoroaster, holds a rich and fascinating history. At its core is the belief in Ahura Mazda, the supreme deity representing wisdom and goodness. The beauty culture can be seen in Iran's Parsee community, known for their vibrant traditions and customs. In Bombay (Mumbai), India, one can find the majestic Parsi Fire Temple, a sacred place where Zoroastrians gather to worship and offer prayers. Similar temples can also be found in Baku, Azerbaijan - a testament to the widespread influence of this faith. A captivating image captures a Parsi woman standing before a fire altar - her devotion evident as she pays homage to her beliefs. These rituals are deeply ingrained within the community's identity. The historical significance of Zoroastrianism is exemplified by Persepolis' ruins - Darius' palace remnants that have stood for over 2, 500 years. This archaeological marvel serves as a reminder of the religion's enduring legacy. Another intriguing aspect is the Tower of Silence in Bombay (Mumbai), India - an enigmatic structure where deceased members of this faith were laid out to undergo natural decomposition. It symbolizes their reverence for nature and respect for life cycles. Beyond religious practices lie unique cultural elements like owning pet lions at companies in Aden, Yemen – showcasing both power and prestige associated with this ancient belief system. One cannot overlook Ka ba-ye Zartosht or Cube of Zoroaster – dating back to 6th century BC Naqsh-e Rustam; it stands as an architectural wonder embodying spiritual significance for followers worldwide. To delve deeper into this captivating world, visit Yazd Province's Zoroastrians History and Culture Museum located in Yazd city itself – offering insights into their customs through artifacts and exhibits that shed light on centuries-old traditions passed down from generation to generation.