Directory 23 of 7,622 figures
Figures — Iranian traditions
The figures filed under Iranian traditions.
People on the record,
and people in the telling.
Never confused
Figures in Iranian traditions
Iranian plateau, Mesopotamia and the Roman frontier, roughly 1500 BCE to the present.
23 figures
Most linked first
Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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Christianity Augustine of Hippo Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430) -
Cyrus the Great Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC) -
Zoroaster Founder of Zoroastrianism -
Darius I The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC) -
Judaism Gilgamesh Sumerian ruler and protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh -
Xerxes I Fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)
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Mani 3rd century prophet and founder of Manichaeism -
Cambyses II The second Achaemenid emperor (530–522 BC) -
Ardashir I Founder of the Sassanid Empire (r. 224–242) -
Christianity · Judaism Enoch Biblical figure, son of Jared -
Artaxerxes II The 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC) -
Darius II The ninth Achaemenid emperor (423–404 BC) -
Arses The 12th Achaemenid Emperor (338–336 BC) -
Arsaces I of Parthia First Parthian king (247–217 BC) -
Bardiya Son of Cyrus the Great (died c. 522 BC) -
Judaism · Christianity Enoch Biblical figure, son of Cain -
Alexander Bard Swedish musician, author, and activist -
Islam Adi ibn Musafir Yazidi saint - Peroz III Crown prince of Sassanid Empire
- Khosrov II of Armenia Armenian king from 252 to 258
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Melchior One of the Biblical Magi; in 16th-century paintings generally portrayed as an old man with white hair kneeling at the feet of the Madonna & Child -
Greek and Roman Cautes and Cautopates Torch-bearers depicted attending the god Mithras in the icons of ancient Roman cult of Mithraism - Story Mashya and Mashyana The first man and woman in Zoroastrian cosmogony
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Iranian traditions
Zoroastrianism, the Mithraic mysteries, Manichaeism, Yazidism and the Mandaeans.