Z Timeline
| 1600 BC : | Zarathushtra is born |
| 1000 BC : | The Aryans | 600 BC : | Zoroastrianism spreads to Iran |
| 539 BC : | The Persian Empire |
| 330 BC : | Alexander III and the fall of the Persian Empire |
| 141 BC : | The Parthian Empire | 6 BC: | The Three Magi | 216 : | Mani is born | 224 : | The Sasanian Empire | 524 : | Mazdak's movement is crushed | 640 : | The Arab Invasion | 740 : | Behafarid's Movement starts |
750 : | Ustad Sis's Movement starts |
754 : | Sinbad the Magus establishes the Khorram Dinan Movement |
756 : | Ruzbeh pur e Daduya is executed | 762 : | Naubakht Ahvazi designs the city of Baghdad | 790 : | Babak Khorramdin revolts |
809 : | Fadl ibn Naubakht becomes Chief Librarian | 839 : | Maziar starts his revolt |
931 : | Mardavij makes Isfahan his capital |
936 : | The Parsees | 1381 : | The Mongol ruler Timur Lenk invades Iran. He kills thousands of Zoroastrians. Many Zoroastrians have to take refuge in desert cities of Kerman and Yazd. | 1642 : |
Shah Abbas II, the Safavid ruler, issues a decree forcing the
Zoroastrians to convert to Islam. Those who refuse are executed in Isfahan. |
1719 : | The Afghan invaders massacre thousands of Zoroastrians in Kerman. | 1771 : | Abraham Anquetil-Duperron | 1860 : | The Gathas are translated | 1878 : | The first fire temple in America is built | 1882 : | Jaziye (a kind of tax for non-Muslims) is abolished in Iran. | 1892 : | Dadabhai Naoroji | 1920 : | Reza Shah Pahlavi comes to power. Zoroastrians gain more freedom. They gradually move to Tehran. | 1960 : | The First World Zoroastrian Congress is held in Tehran. Zoroastrians from Iran, India, Pakistan, and Europe gather to discuss the establishment of a World Zoroastrian Association and to celebrate 2500th anniversary of the foundation of the Achaemenid dynasty by Cyrus the Great. | 1979 : |
Islamic Republic of Iran is established. Religious freedom is
granted to the Zoroastrians. Many, however, immigrate to Europe and the United States. |
1990 : | The Zarathushtrian Assembly is established in the United States. This non-profit organization is actively spreading Prophet Zarathushtra's Divine Message worldwide. |
