Today's Parsees, who follow the Zoroastrian religion of its founder Zarathustra.
He was a religious leader who preached Ahura Mazda - the origins of today's Zoroastrians/Parsees.
It was the Zoroastrians that migrated from Persia to India during the 8th century. They did this to get away from religious persecution by the Muslims.
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S. H. Jhabvala has written: 'A brief history of Parsees' -- subject(s): Parsees
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He established a religion based on the god Ahura Mazda which was sufficiently credible to be adopted by the Persian aristocracy. It remains today in the Middle East and in India (the Parsees).
Zoroastrians were the first monotheists. They called/call their God "Ahura Mazda." They started out in what is today Iran/Persia. They still exist, but are a persecuted minority in Iran. Most are now in India where they're called Parsees.
They are descendants of Zoroastrians who fled to India from Muslim persecution during the 7/8th centuries
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