Sachin Deshmukh รีทวีตแล้ว

The Strait of Hormuz (named after the Zoroastrian God Ahura Mazda or Hormuzd) has been a choke point in the current war against Iran. But this also happened to be a passage from where a couple of thousand Parsis left the shores of Iran over 1,200 years ago for India. It is believed that sometime in the late 8th century AD, the Parsis departed in boats from Bandar Abbas and traversed through the Strait of Hormuz, making their first landfall at Diu in Saurashtra. The Kisseh-i-Sanjan—an account of the arrival of Parsis, written four centuries ago by a Navsari priest Bahman Kaikobad—records that the refugees remained in Diu for 19 years. After that they set out again and reached Sanjan after a harrowing journey by sea.
The only reason they left Iran was to protect and preserve their ancient faith. And India was the only, repeat only country, where they could do so.
By Nauzer Bharucha

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