Monday, October 25, 2004

Gabar

Any member of the small Zoroastrian minority in Iran. The name Gabar was formerly applied derogatorily to the Iranian Zoroastrians; the term is linguistically related to the Arabic kafir, meaning �infidel.� The Zoroastrians who remained in Persia (modern Iran) after the Arab - Muslim conquest (7th century AD) had a long history as outcasts. Although they purchased some toleration

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