"رحلة أوترام وهافلوك في بلاد فارس، بقلم النقيب ج. هـ. هانت، ٧٨ هايلاندرز. يوجد في المقدمة ملخص عن التاريخ الفارسي، تقرير عن الاختلافات المتعددة بين إنجلترا وبلاد فارس واستفسار عن أصل الحرب السابقة. بقلم جورج تاونسيند، مؤلف كتاب "ملخص أوروبا الحديثة لراسل"". [‎٣‎٨] (٣٩٠/٥٩)

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persia in
the persecution of Ahriman and to live with
Ormusd in a blissful eternity, where the degree
of felicity will be exactly proportioned to the
degree of virtue and piety."
The Magi, or sacerdotal order, gradually
waxed numerous and powerful. They ob
tained possession of considerable property, and
wielded great influence. They were astrolo
gers, and from them the Middle Age systems
of that false science were derived. In fact, so
much did their power increase that reform was
rendered essential, and this was accomplished
by Zerduscht, although the age in which he
flourished cannot be fixed with any degree of
precision. Of the Persian kings, the Magi,
their antagonism, and the Zerduscht reforma
tion, the Rev. P. D. Maurice, in his learned
treatise on Moral and Metaphysical Philoso
phy, writes: "The Cyropaedia, and the testi
monies of Herodotus respecting the feelings of
the Persians towards their king, and his inse
parable connection with their worship, fully
confirm another most important inference
which we shall deduce from the legends
respecting Zerduscht. The Magian, officially.