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Date: 13 Nov 2007
Time: 15:21:35
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From: Jamsheed Yazdani
Date: 26 Apr 2002
Time: 00:00:23
Remote Name: 172.135.4.217
Hi Pakistani Girl,
I wanted to add to what you wrote by saying that research cannot find any conformation that Zoroster was a Tajik. This is merely an assumption, mostly by Iranian historians that want to keep him as part of the western Iranian(Farsi) linguistic group. However what they fail to realize is that Farsi did not exist at the time of Zoroaster's birth and lifetime. Also, the western Iranian sub-branch(Farsi, Balochi,Kurdish) evolved much later,(infact much after the Parsi diaspora to the Gujrat, India) than Eastern Iranian(Pashto, Khotanease, Ossetic etc).
On the other hand there is overwhealming evidence that Zoroaster may have been a Pashtoon. His place of birth and origin( as you mention) being Pakhtra(Bactria) which is a province of Afghanistan; Pakht literally meaning Pashtoon. (Pakht-aar-a=land of Pashtoons). This is self explanitory. Also, present day Afghan provinces are similarly named e.g Paktiya(more acurately Pakht-iya) and Paktika(more acurately Pakht-ak-a). Zoroaster's Pashtoon origins can also be backed up by the fact that eastern Iranian(Pashto) is far older than western iranian(Farsi) to which it later gave way. The most overwhealming evidence ofcourse is Zoroaster's name himself which was Zardashtra Spitaman. This is a Pashtoon name. Zarth is common in both Pashto and Old Persian. 'asht' however is undougbtedly eastern iranian(pashtoon). e.g Pakht Pasht Sar-akht Sar-asht arz-akht arz-asht
Zoroaster's last name which is Spitaman is also undougbtedly Pashtoon. Spitaman in Pashto denotes one of great spirituality. Furthermore the 'sp' syllabal is Pashtoon and is absent in Farsi. Saka(scythian) coins found at Kandahar clearly denote the names of Pashtoon kings, such as "Spalagdama"(strong)or "Spala-hura(high spirit[a pre-genetor of the name "ahura-mazda" perhaps?). Furthermore, the 'sp' syllabal is still comonly used in Pashto today.(so are other consonant clusters which have been and remain a Pashtoon feature.) e.g spor =ridden sparral or sparawal = to submit Sparedal= to become submitted spai = dog spej or spog = night spin = white spak = insult starg= eyeor planet spitaman= Spiritual Shtaman = wealthy or rich
The list is endless... However I do think these facts need to be addressed by 'persio-centric' historians not in a culturally imperialistic sense but merely as an acceptence of truth. Anything else is merely tautaulogy. Credit should be given where its due.The Prophet zardushtra was a Pashtoon. However thanks for your article Pakistani girl. It truly was an informative piece about Pashtoon origins.
Jamsheed Yazdani
