List of converts to Islam from Zoroastrianism
This is a list of notable converts from Zoroastrianism to the Islamic faith.
- Abu'l Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami - Persian poet from Daylam.[1][2]
- Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa - author and translator of Kalīla wa Dimna from Middle Persian.[3]
- Abu-Mansur Daqiqi - Persian poet.[4]
- Saman Khuda - forefather of the Samanid dynasty, one of the first native Persian dynasties in the Middle East and Central Asia after the collapse of the Sassanids.[5]
- Naubakht - Pahlavi translator of the Abbasid court.[6]
- Fadl ibn Sahl - Persian vizier of the Abbasid era.[7]
- Rattanbai Jinnah - Wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
References
[edit]- ^ Ibn Khallikan's Biographical dictionary, 3 By Ibn Khallikan, pg. 517-520
- ^ Encyclopedia of Arabic literature, Volume 2 By Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey, pg.525
- ^ The Fall of the Idigo Jackal, By McComas Taylor, pg. 3
- ^ E. J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 2 By Martijn Theodoor Houtsma, pg. 100
- ^ Encyclopedic Survey of Islamic Culture. By Mohamed Taher, pg. 84
- ^ Islam's Contribution to Science, By Husain Muzzafar, S. Muzaffar Husain, pg. 31
- ^ Iran. - By Yahya Armajani, pg. 67