CONTENTS
Of the Dabistán (vol. I.)
| Page | |
| Introduction of the Author | [1] |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Of the religion of the Parsian | [4] |
| Section | |
| I.—Tenets and ceremonies observed by the Sipasian and Parsian | [5] |
| Description of the worship rendered to the seven planets, according to the Sipasian faith | [35] |
| II.—Description of the Sipasian sect | [87] |
| III.—The laws of the Paiman-i-Farhang and the Hirbed Sár | [147] |
| Descriptions of the gradations of Paradise | [150] |
| Description of the infernal regions | [152] |
| IV.—An account of the Jamshapian sect | [193] |
| V.—The Samradian sect | [195] |
| VI.—The tenets of the Khodaiyan | [201] |
| VII.—The system of the Rádián | [ibid.] |
| VIII.—The Shidrangián creed | [203] |
| IX.—The Páikárian creed | [ibid.] |
| X.—The Milánián system | [204] |
| XI.—The system of the followers of Alár | [206] |
| XII.—The Shidanian faith | [207] |
| XIII.—The system of the Akhshiyán sect | [ibid.] |
| XIV.—The followers of Zardusht | [211] |
| Account of the precepts given by Zardusht to the king and all mankind | [260] |
| The Sad-der, or “the hundred gates” of Zardusht | [310] |
| Enumeration of some advantages which arise from the enigmatical forms of the precepts of Zardusht’s followers | [351] |
| Summary of the contents of the Mah-zend | [353] |
| XV.—An account of the tenets held by the followers of Mazdak | [372] |