Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Заратуштра" in Russian language version.
This point has been noticed in the interesting and instructive paper of Professor Tiele, Over de Oudheid van het Avesta, p. 16, 1 who comes to the result that Zoroastrianism must have existed as early as the first half of the 7th century b.c. ² If we accept, as I believe we should, the theses that Vishtaspa ruled in eastern Iran, and that, although Zoroaster was a native of Adarbaijan, the chief scene of his religious activity was eastern Iran, ³ and that the faith spread from Bactria westwards,4 I cannot see that these arguments militate against the traditional date under discussion.
Zoroastrian tradition maintains that Zoroaster was a prophet of ancient Iran who lived in the seventh to sixth centuries. His birthplace was Azerbaijan, north-west of Media. His father, Pourushaspa, was from the family of Spitama, whose genealogy is traced back through forty-five generations to Gayomart, the first man (like Adam), and his mother, Dughdhova, was from the clan of Hvogva (Yasna 46.13, 51.12, 53.1).
Islamic authors, such as Shahrastani (1086—1153) and at-Tabari (ca. 839—923), also imply that Zoroaster’s birth-place is western Iran.21 In fact, Arab sources, such as ibn-Hurdadhbah (ca. 816) and Yaqut (ca. 1220), specify the birth-place of Zoroaster to be the city of Urmiah (or Urmia, presently called Rizaijeh) in Shiz, a district of Azerbaijan.21
Zoroastrian tradition maintains that Zoroaster was a prophet of ancient Iran who lived in the seventh to sixth centuries. His birthplace was Azerbaijan, north-west of Media. His father, Pourushaspa, was from the family of Spitama, whose genealogy is traced back through forty-five generations to Gayomart, the first man (like Adam), and his mother, Dughdhova, was from the clan of Hvogva (Yasna 46.13, 51.12, 53.1).
Islamic authors, such as Shahrastani (1086—1153) and at-Tabari (ca. 839—923), also imply that Zoroaster’s birth-place is western Iran.21 In fact, Arab sources, such as ibn-Hurdadhbah (ca. 816) and Yaqut (ca. 1220), specify the birth-place of Zoroaster to be the city of Urmiah (or Urmia, presently called Rizaijeh) in Shiz, a district of Azerbaijan.21
