Salman the Persian

Salman Farsi was a Persian religious scholar and one of the companions of Prophet Muhammad. As a practicing Zoroastrian, he dedicated much of his early life to studying to become a magus, after which he began travelling extensively throughout Western Asia to engage in constructive dialogue with non-Zoroastrian groups. His quests eventually led to his conversion to Islam, which occurred after he met and befriended Prophet Muhammad in the city of Medina. He was a prominent non-Arab companion and one of Prophet Muhammad's closest friends; Prophet Muhammad had once stated to a gathering of his fol…