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48. Persia from 309 to about 380 A. D. and during this period the Great Dastur composed and wrote the Patet Pashemani, Duva Nam Satayoshni, Tun Darosti and other prayers, and almost all the Afrins. This great apostle of the Zoroastrian religion is regarded with the highest reverence by all true believers of the Zoroastrian faith and the prayers composed by him are at this day recited and regarded with the very greatest of veneration by the Parsis professing the Zoroastrian faith.

49. Zoroastrianism flourished in Persia with varying fortune till the persecution of Mahomedans drove the majority of those that professed that religion out of their ancient home. A body of Persians professing the Zoroastrian religion were compelled by reason of religious intolerance and persecution to leave Persia about 1200 years ago. They first took refuge in Kohistan, where they remained for about 100 years--they then went to the Isle of Ormuz, where they remained for about 19 years. They then came to Diu, near Kattyawar, and remained there for about 15 years. From Diu. they came to Sanjan, and there they settled down for very nearly 700 years. From Sanjan they spread over various places in the Gujarat district and their principal headquarters now are Bombay, Naosari and Surat. A sprinkling of Parsis are to be found in several villages in Gujrat. They derive their present name Parsi from Fars, in Persia from which place they originally came to India.