IRAN

ix. RELIGIONS IN IRAN

Religions in Iran will be divided into the following two sub-entries:

1. Iranian religions of the pre-Islamic period.

(1.1) An overview.

(1.2) Manicheism.

2. Islam in Iran.

(2.1) The advent of Islam in Iran.

(2.2) The Mongol and Timurid periods.

(2.3) Shiʿism in Iran since the Safavids.