ZoroasterProphet of ancient Írán and ancestor of Bahá’u’lláh. Probably died B.C. 583. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá states that Zoroaster was one of the Prophets who arose after Moses (Persian Tablets, II, 76); that the “men of Rass” in Qur’án 25:40 and 50:12 refers to the men of the Araxes River, and that many Prophets of high rank were among these, including Mah-Ábád and Zoroaster.
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