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به‌آفرید
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به‌آفرید

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Also known as Bihafrid ibn Farwardin

thumb|140px Behāfarīd (Middle Persian: Weh-āfrīd, , also spelled Bihāfarīd) was an 8th-century Persian Zoroastrian heresiarch who started a religious peasant revolt with elements from Zoroastrianism and Islam (Behafaridians) He believed in Zoroaster and upheld all Zoroastrian institutions. His followers prayed seven times a day facing the Sun, prohibited intoxicants, and kept their hair long and disallowed sacrifices of cattle except when they were decrepit. His revolt was quelled by the Abbasid general Abu Muslim, and he was executed by hanging. His followers, however, believed that he would

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Iran
Place of birth
Khaf
Occupation
heresiarch
Religion
Islam
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Al-Āṯār al-bāqiya ʿan al-qurūn al-ẖāliya Folio 230.jpg
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Commons category
Behafarid
significant person
Abu Muslim al Khorasani
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