Adur Burzen-Mihr
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Adur Burzen-Mihr (
This Fire is described in Bundahishn. Its location is given as Mount Rēvand (in Avestan: Raēvant), probably a spur of the Nishapur mountains in the district formerly known as Rēvand in Khurasan.[2][3] An element of the name is preserved in the name of the nearby village Borzinan may. Another identification is Mount Mehr, five miles from the village Mehr on the Shahrud–Sabzevar Highway. Some identify it with the Fire of Asaak.[4]
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Khaneh Div fire temple near the Mehr village, identified as the Azur Burzen-Mihr
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Adur Burzen-Mihr purported location in Atashgah Castle, Kashmar
The Fire is mentioned several times in Shahnameh as Mehr-Barzīn (مهر برزین), Mehr (مهر), and Barzīn (برزین), and is used also as a simile for fiery fierceness.
The Fire is thought to have been a major center of pilgrimage, even after the Arsacids' fall. In the Sasanian period, although its name was always placed third in texts and the fire was associated with the lowliest class of the society, (farmers; the other two being warriors and priests), it still maintained its importance. Its history in the Islamic period is not known.
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References
- ISBN 9780520379206.
- ISBN 9780415239028.
- ISBN 9780192562463.
- ISBN 978-3-11-001879-0.
- M. Boyce, “ĀDUR BURZĒN-MIHR,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/5, pp. 472–473; an updated version is available online at Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica (accessed on 28 February 2014).