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Zoroastrian Religion & the Ancient Iran
A Series of Lectures by Dr Oric Basirov
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Paper 01 - Zoroaster's Time & Place |
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Paper 02 - Zoroaster's People |
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Paper 03 - Old Iranian Religion & Zoroastrian Reforms |
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Paper 04 - Persians & The Old Medo-Persian Religion |
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Paper 05 - Conversion of the Western-Iranians (Medes & Persians) |
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Paper 06 - Development of Temple Cults |
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Paper 07 - Establishment of Temple Cults of Fire & Divine Images |
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Paper 08 - Achaemenian Funerary Practices in Western Asia Minor |
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Paper 11 - Zoroastrian Funerary Laws (Part I) |
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Paper 12 - Zoroastrian Funerary Laws (Part II) |
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Paper 13 - Zoroastrian Funerary Laws (Part III) |
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Dr Oric Basirov
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Dr Oric Basirov
Oric Basirov read Old and Middle Iranian languages (Avestan, Old Persian, Parthian, Manichaean Middle Persian and Pahlavi) at SOAS, University of London. He later obtained a BA in Art & Archaeology at SOAS, reading Zoroastrian Doctrine & History, Archaeology and Modern Iranian languages (Classical Persian and Kurdish). Later, also at SOAS, he gained a PhD for his thesis on the Evolution of the Zoroastrian Funerary Cult in Western Iran covering modern Iran, Mesopotamia and the western satrapies. He was appointed as a Research Associate at the Department of Art & Archaeology, SOAS, and as a specialist in Zoroastrian funerary remains and iconography at the Achaemenid excavations at Dascylium, western Turkey. He has been continuously involved in the research and survey of the Achaemenid funerary monuments in western Asia Minor. He is a founding member of the Society for Iranian Oral Studies and the Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies, both at SOAS. He has lectured extensively at SOAS, and occasionally at Cambridge, Melbourne and Sydney universities. His publications include ´Achaemenid Anatolia´ in Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Anatolia in the Achaemenid Period (2001), ´Evolution of Zoroastrian Iconography and Temple Culture´ in Ancient Near Eastern Studies (2001) as well as numerous articles published on CAIS website.
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"History is the Light on the Path to Future" |
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Encyclopaedia Iranica
The British Institute of Persian Studies "Persepolis Reconstructed"
The British Museum
The Royal Asiatic Society
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