| Abstrakt: |
Dabuyid Ispahbads, survivors of high-ranking Sassanid Dynasty in Early Islamic era, resisted strongly against Arabs and achieved independence. They were a dynasty that followed Zoroastrianism and, similar to the Sassanians, imprinted their ritual signs on their coins. One side of a coin is imprinted with the picture of the Kings of late Sassanian era and the other side is imprinted with a brazier and two clergymen on the two sides. The crown of the ruler is decorated with the wing of a hawk and the margin is decorated with the pictures of a crescent moon and star, the Zoroastrian symbols. Barsom is imprinted in the hands of the guards and three dots are imprinted symmetrically between the crescent moon and the star. These imprints continued under the rule of the Abbasid rulers. With a numismatic approach, this study seeks to understand the meanings of the ritual symbols related to Zoroastrianism on the coins of Dabuyid Ispahbads and Abbasid rulers in the first and second centuries AH. The study has been conducted using the two methods of field research on the coins of Mostazafan Foundation's Cultural Institution of Museums and Sepah Bank and the comparative study of the written literature to analyze imprints. The two main research questions are: 1. Are the ritual symbols related to Zoroastrianism 2. Which common in Zoroastrianism do they show? The results indicate the conscious use of motifs to show apparently the rituals related to Zoroaster and to return to the religious beliefs of the Sassanid era. These symbols indicated the stable conditions of the society in Tabaristan despite extensive pressures and attacks. The imprints of star, moon, lotus and iris, eagle's wing, brazier and fire, thin branch, and even the deliberate use of the holy script of Pahlavi show the stable belief of the rule and Tabaristan's people in Zoroaster and the symbols related to it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
