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Professor Wilhelm Geiger's Letter. Introduction, Zarathustra : His Life and Doctrine; Translated from the German A vesta Urvato and old Persian Usabiirim; Pahlavi, Pazand, and Persian References to the double nature of the Amshaspands; The Religion of the Achremenids from the German of Prof. A. V. Williams-Jackson; The Zarvanite System; Educational Elements in the Gathiis; Law in Ancient Iran; Ahura. Mazda's Fravashi; The Pahlavi Text of Aogemadaechii; The Sixteen Sanskrit Shlokas given in Dastur Aspandiarji Kam’dinji's Book; The word &l~{ (ahura) in Sanskrit and the Gobhilas; Ahura Mazda, the Knowing Lord; The Gathic Doctrine of Dualism in Aristotle; Miscellaneous Iranian Notes; Palace Ruins and Cyrus Relief Pasargadro; The Indo-Iranians and their neighbours; An Allusion to Manichroism and Zoroastrianism in the Armenian Writer Eznig of Goghp; A Notioe of Maniohroan Persecution by the Sasanian King Kawad in the Fifth Christian Century; The Zoroastrian Demon Az in the Manichroan Fragments from Turfan; The Account of Zoroastrianism given by the Byzantine Historian Aga,this; Iran's Primeval Heroes and the Myth of the First Man; A Metrical Translation of the Nirang-i-Kusti; The Two Spirite-Spenta and Angra-in the A vesta; The Avestan Instrumentals ending in -IS and -US; The Sovereignty of the Persians, from the German of Dr. Ferd. Justi; Zum Kar-Namak; A Fragment of the Sanskrit Version of the Videvdat, and Glossary of Select Words; Zaota. Translated from the German; A brief History of the Study of the Religion and Literature of the Zoroastrians during the different epochs of History.
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Summary
Throughout his life the Shams-ul-Ullema devoted himself to advancing the Zoroastrian Faith, not only as a priest and teacher, but also as a writer. This volume of papers is authored by an international group of scholars and covers the history, philosophy, literature and language of Persia and the Indo-Iranians.
