Zarathushtra and His Doctrine in the Azar Keivan’s Texts

Āzar-kayvān and his disciplines were founder of a sect in the 10th century which was famed as “Izadiyān, Yazdāniyān, Ābādiyān, sepāsiyān, Hušiyān, Anušagān, Āzarhušangiyān and Āzariyān”. Due to the attention of Āzar-kayvān to the Philosophy of Illumination (Hekmat al-Eshraq) and the tradition of Ancient Iran, he is identified as a Zoroastrian mystic who tried to renew the old tradition and languages of ancient Iran. Moreover most of the researchers believe him as a Zoroastrian Mobads of Fars, who travelled to India and wrote some books there. In this article, it is studied the issue of Zoroaster and Zoroastrian beliefs in the Āzar-kayvāni’s writings. What the Āzar-kayvānis have written about Zoroastrian beliefs, are quoted from the Islamic and Zoroastrian Persian books and there is not any quotation from Avestan or Middle Persian writings. Besides, the Āzar-kayvānis didn’t incorporate themselves into the formal Zoroastrians, though they recognize Zoroaster as a Prophet of God.