Āzar Kayvān was the Zoroastrian high priest of Istakhr and a gnostic philosopher, who was a native of Fars, Iran and later emigrated to Patna in the Mughal Empire during the reign of Emperor Akbar.
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Āzar Kayvān was the Zoroastrian high priest of Istakhr and a gnostic philosopher, who was a native of Fars, Iran and later emigrated to Patna in the Mughal Empire during the reign of Emperor Akbar. A member of the Sepāsīān community, he became the founder of a Zoroastrian school of Ishraqiyyun or Illuminationists, which exhibited features of Sufi Muslim influence. This school became known as the Kis-e-Abadi "Abadi sect" or Azarkeivanian.
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1501 to 1609 · aged 108
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