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According to Kevin Shepherd,<ref>Shepherd (1988) p. 130</ref> [[Meher Baba]] described Azar Kayvan as the "last true [[dastur]] [after whom] there has been no realized perfect saint amongst the Zoroastrians". |
According to Kevin Shepherd,<ref>Shepherd (1988) p. 130</ref> [[Meher Baba]] described Azar Kayvan as the "last true [[dastur]] [after whom] there has been no realized perfect saint amongst the Zoroastrians". |
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It is a traditional belief among the [[Parsis]] of India that [[Dastur Jamshed Ervad Sohrab Kukadaru]], a Zoroastrian priest in the 19th century, was a disciple of Dastur Azar Kaiwan Bin Azar Gushasp Saheb. |
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<ref>Dr. (Mrs.) Hilla Minoo Wadia (2003), Late Ervad Nadarsha Navroji Aibara Blessed by Sant Dasturji Kukadaru Saheb, Kukadaru Trust</ref> |
<ref>Dr. (Mrs.) Hilla Minoo Wadia (2003), Late Ervad Nadarsha Navroji Aibara Blessed by Sant Dasturji Kukadaru Saheb, Kukadaru Trust</ref> |
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Azar Kayvan | |
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| Born | 1529 -1533 |
| Died | 1609-1618 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Occupation | Zoroastrian high priest |
| Known for | Founding the Zoroastrian school of Ishraqiyyun |
Āzar Kayvān (b. between 1529 and 1533; d. between 1609 and 1618), was a Zoroastrian high priest of Istakhr and native of Fars who emigrated to the Gujarat in Mughal India during the reign of the Emperor Akbar and became the founder of a Zoroastrian school of ishraqiyyun or Illuminationists. Exhibiting features of a Zoroastrianized Sufi order, this school became known as the Sepassian.
According to Kevin Shepherd,[1] Meher Baba described Azar Kayvan as the "last true dastur [after whom] there has been no realized perfect saint amongst the Zoroastrians".
It is a traditional belief among the Parsis of India that Dastur Jamshed Ervad Sohrab Kukadaru, a Zoroastrian priest in the 19th century, was a disciple of Dastur Azar Kaiwan Bin Azar Gushasp Saheb. [2]
Citations
References
- Shepherd, Kevin R. D. (1988) Meher Baba, an Iranian Liberal. Cambridge: Anthropographia Publications.