Iranian Zoroastrian community

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Iranian_Zoroastrian_community

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:burialPractice	gptkb:Towers_of_Silence
gptkbp:containsCommunity	gptkb:Parsis Gabars
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Iran
gptkbp:diaspora	gptkb:Europe gptkb:India gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:festival	gptkb:Nowruz gptkb:Mehregan gptkb:Sadeh
gptkbp:historical_language	gptkb:Middle_Persian gptkb:Avestan
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	descendants of pre-Islamic Iranians
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Iranian Zoroastrian community
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Persian gptkb:Yazdi Dari
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Tehran gptkb:Kerman gptkb:Yazd
gptkbp:minorityIn	gptkb:Iran
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Esfandiar_Ekhtiari gptkb:Rostam_Giv gptkb:Mobed_Mehraban_Firouzgary
gptkbp:notableSite	gptkb:Towers_of_Silence gptkb:Chak_Chak cathedral
gptkbp:parliamentary_representation	one reserved seat in Iranian parliament
gptkbp:persecutedBy	post-Islamic conquest of Persia
gptkbp:population	small minority in Iran
gptkbp:population_estimate_(2020s)	less than 25,000 in Iran
gptkbp:regionOfWorship	gptkb:fire
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:religiousLeader	gptkb:Dastur gptkb:Mobed
gptkbp:rights	protected under Iranian constitution
gptkbp:sacred_fire	gptkb:Atash_Adaran gptkb:Atash_Dadgah gptkb:Atash_Bahram
gptkbp:traditional_ceremony	gptkb:Jashn-e_Sadeh gptkb:Navjote gptkb:Gahambar
gptkbp:traditionalDress	sedreh and kushti
gptkbp:traditionalFood	gptkb:ash-e_reshteh gptkb:faloodeh gptkb:sekanjabin
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Yazd (city with Zoroastrian heritage)
gptkbp:usedInReligiousTexts	gptkb:Avesta
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Parsi_and_Iranian_Zoroastrian_communities gptkb:Zoroastrian_House_of_Worship,_Singapore
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6