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Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

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Also Known As	Sart • Tadzhik

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Vasily Vladimirovich Bartold

Russian anthropologist