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Did you know... that the 5th-century Sassanian Emperor of IranYazdegerd I(pictured on coin) was given the epithets of Ramashtras ("the most quiet") as well as Al Khasha ("the harsh")?
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Latest comment: 17 years ago6 comments3 people in discussion
I think this is dubious since he was a Zoroastrian. Persecuting or acting tyrannical towards people who happen to be Zoroastrian is not persecution of Zoroastrians, since that has to be because they are Zoroastrian. He is known in the Shahnameh as "Yazdegerd the Unjust," so I will cover his tyrannical ways in the near future. The Behnam03:27, 2 April 2007 (UTC)Reply
I have a copy of Shahnameh by Dick Davis. I don't know if you've read it, but "Yazdegerd the Unjust" is the same king as Yazdegerd I. I made the redirect because someone reading Shahnameh may be interested in that king and type him in, but find nothing. The redirect should solve this. Sorry for the confusion, and please remove the 'prod' from that redirect. Thanks. The Behnam12:41, 2 April 2007 (UTC)Reply
Mr.Behnam I am the writer of that article. My source is this.
Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
I think it might be helpful if somebody familiar with both the Zoroastrian and Christian sources were to contribute a paragraph on Yazdgird's fluctuating policies towards the Christians. He started off as a reasonably tolerable ruler, and ended up being downright vicious. As it stands, this article makes it seem as though the Christians had only themselves to blame for being persecuted. I don't doubt that they tried to stretch the limits of Zoroastrian tolerance as far as they could, but the Zoroastrians were hardly innocent victims of Christian bullying.
"he succeeded his brother Bahram IV (r. 388–399) after Bahram's assassination." could this be rephrased to avoid using Bahram twice in just a few words?
