WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Zoroastrianism was the state religion of three Persian dynasties, until the Muslim conquest of Persia in the seventh century A.D. Zoroastrian refugees, called Parsis, escaped Muslim persecution in Iran by emigrating to India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Parsi, also spelled Parsee, member of a group of followers in India of the Iranian prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra). The Parsis, whose name means “Persians, ‘’ are descended from Persian Zoroastrians who emigrated to India to avoid religious persecution by Muslims.

Detailed explanation-3: -Soon after the Arab conquest of Iran in 651 CE, there was an exodus of Zoroastrians from Iran to the Indian subcontinent where they settled and became known as the Parsis, and became an influential minority under British Colonial rule.