Guebres

Yezd and Kerman called in Persia contemptuously "Guebres," were subjected to degradations and restrictions of the worst kind.

Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Yezd is extremely interesting from a historical point of view, and for its close association with that wonderful race the "Guebres," better known in Europe by the name of Parsees.

Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

The Jews borrowed from the Guebres the idea of a partition between Heaven and Hell and made it so thin that the blessed and damned can speak together.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

“I shall sup it up,” or “I am a Barmak,” that is, a high priest among the Guebres.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The old Guebres called it Puli Chinávar or Chinávad and the Jews borrowed it from them as they did all their fancies of a future life against which Moses had so gallantly fought.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

“Maharáj” = great Rajah: but it is the name of the great autumnal fête of the Guebres; a term composed of two good old

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Guebres further term Meccah “Mah-gah,” locus Lunæ, and

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Amongst Guebres the latter were collected and carried to some mountain.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Guebres — and their immense wealth which, some opine, hastened their downfall, was confiscated.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The custom was perpetuated by Al – Islam because the position prevents the ejection touching the clothes and making them ceremonially impure; possibly they borrowed it from the Guebres.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006