Illustration of the execution of Mazdak from a copy of the Shahnameh
Died
c. 524 or 528
Cause of death
Execution
Nationality
Iranian
Citizenship
Sasanian Empire
Occupation
Mobad
Years active
c. 480s - 520s
Known for
Mazdakism
Religion
Zoroastrianism
Mazdak (Persian: مزدک, Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭦𐭣𐭪, also Mazdak the Younger; died c. 524 or 528) was a Zoroastrian mobad (priest), Iranian reformer, prophet and religious reformer who gained influence during the reign of the Sasanian emperor Kavadh I. He claimed to be a prophet of Ahura Mazda and instituted social welfare programs.
Mazdak (Persian: مزدک, Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭦𐭣𐭪, also Mazdak the Younger; died c. 524 or 528) was a Zoroastrian mobad (priest), Iranian reformer, prophet...
Mazdakism (Persian: مزدکیه) was an Iranian religion, which was an offshoot of Zoroastrianism. The religion has been called one of the most noteworthy...
Mazdak Mirzaei (Persian: مزدک میرزایی; born 17 September 1970) is an Iranian football commentator, producer, television presenter, writer, director and...
Khosrow I. They were made possible by Kavad's use of the Mazdakite preacher Mazdak, leading to a social revolution that weakened the authority of the nobility...
and Huns in the north. Mazdak was the name of a chief representative of a religious and philosophical teaching called Mazdakism, which opposed violence...
original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021. Heidari, Hadi; Arabi, Mazdak; Ghanbari, Mahshid; Warziniack, Travis (June 2020). "A Probabilistic Approach...
schools appearing in the late pre-Islamic era such as Manicheism and Mazdakism as well as various post-Islamic schools. Iranian philosophy after the...
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Joaquin (Quin) Mazdak Luttinger (December 2, 1923 – April 6, 1997) was an American physicist well known for his contributions to the theory of interacting...
first author to give communism a serious consideration. The 5th-century Mazdak movement in Persia (modern-day Iran) has been described as communistic for...
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Syndicalism Third World Utopian Yellow Zionist People Gracchi Brothers Mazdak Ball More Winstanley Morelly Hall Saint-Simon Buonarroti Owen Fourier Thompson...
refugee processing facility he's sent to, he befriends Mazdak, an Iraqi refugee. Khaled asks Mazdak to help him with his search for his sister, Miriam, who...
present in the politics of classical Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle. Mazdak the Younger (died c. 524 or 528 CE), a Persian communal proto-socialist...
perspective among the news-analytical programs and the window and Hattrick with Mazdak Mirzaei are among its cultural-artistic and sports programs, respectively...
energetic and reformist ruler. He gave his support to the sect founded by Mazdak, son of Bamdad, who demanded that the rich should divide their wives and...
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