Parsi, also spelled Parsee, member of a group of followers in India of the Persian prophet Zoroaster. The Parsis, whose name means "Persians", are descended from Persian Zoroastrians who emigrated to India to avoid religious persecution by the Muslims.

Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a multi-ethnic population of nearly 86 ...

2025年3月23日 · Parsi, member of a group of followers in India of the Iranian prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra). The Parsis, whose name means “Persians,” are descended from Persian Zoroastrians who emigrated to India to avoid religious persecution by Muslims.

The Parsis are a ethnic and religious group in India and Pakistan who follow Zoroastrianism. They are descendants of Persians who moved to the region to escape religious persecution during the Arab conquest of the Persian Empire. There are only around 60-70 thousand Parsis in both India and Pakistan. [1][2][3][4]

2019年11月12日 · Persia (roughly modern-day Iran) is among the oldest inhabited regions in the world. Archaeological sites in the country have established human habitation dating back 100,000 years to the Paleolithic Age with semi-permanent settlements (most likely for hunting parties) established before 10,000 BCE.

The Parsis constitute one of the Zoroastrian communities that originated from the groups of people from Persia who sought refuge from religious persecution through migration to other countries after the Arab / Islamic conquest of Persia; the …

2018年5月17日 · PARSIS (P ā rsis, also rendered as Parsees), "Persians," or Zoroastrians, from Iran who settled in the Indian subcontinent during the tenth century ce, and their descendents. Zoroastrians in Iran had contact with people in the Indian subcontinent from at least the fifth century bce through overland and maritime trade.

Origin of Parsis – Who exactly are they? The Parsis descended from Persian Zoroastrians who came to India as refugees during the Arab invasion of Persia in the 7th century AD. At the time of the invasion, Zoroastrianism was the dominant religion of Persia and the native Persians rebelled against the Muslim conquerors for several decades.

2019年1月9日 · The term Parsi refers to an individual who belongs to the Zoroastrian society that moved from Persia to India during the 7 th century AD to flee persecution from Muslims who had conquered Persia.

2025年3月27日 · Persia, historic region of southwestern Asia associated with the area that is now modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries and originated from a region of southern Iran formerly known as Persis, alternatively as Pārs or Parsa, modern Fārs.