ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the areas of contact and friction that existed between the Mazdaeans and the Muslims. It examines the attitude of the Mazdaeans towards the followers of the Bad Religion as presented in two other works: the Matikan i hazar datistan, a collection of one thousand judicial pronouncements, the principal source of Sasanid law, and the Datistan i denik, a collection of “responsa” to a hundred questions, ranging from law to cosmogony. The Christians envisaged could well be Mazdaean apostates or, more likely, Christians belonging to the Semitic populations of Mesopotamia, that is to say subjects of the King of Iran but citizens residing in the second zone. Illegitimate relationships are all issues that are addressed by eastern legislation, whether ancient or modern. This is particularly true of Iran.
