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Reclaiming the Faravahar: Zoroastrian Survival in Contemporary Tehran, Fozi Navid, Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-90-8728-214-1, 224 pp. (paperback)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Michael M.J. Fischer
Michael M.J. Fischer*
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
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Iranian Studies , Volume 49 , Issue 2: Sasanian Iran and Beyond: A Special Volume in Honour of Michael G. Morony and His Contributions to Late Antique History , March 2016 , pp. 301 - 309
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