Adur Gushnasp

The ruins of Takht-e Soleymān, where the fire of Adur Gushnasp was stored.
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Adur Gushnasp (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭫𐭩 𐭦𐭩 𐭢𐭱𐭭𐭮𐭯 ʾtwly ZY gšnsp[1] Ādur ī Gušnasp; New Persian: آذرگشسب Āzargušasb)[2] was the name of a Zoroastrian sacred fire of the highest grade (Atash Behram), which served as one of the three most sacred fires of pre-Islamic Iran;[3] the two others being the Adur Farnbag and Adur Burzen-Mihr.[4] Out of the three, Adur Gushnasp is the only fire whose temple structure has been discovered and "for which archaeological, sigillographical, and textual evidence are all available."[4]

  1. ^ Middleton, Sheila Hoey; Corkill, Norman Lace; Montague, Leopold Agar Denys (1998). Seals, Finger Rings, Engraved Gems and Amulets in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter: From the Collections of Lt. Colonel L.A.D. Montague and Dr. N.L. Corkill ; Photographs by Robert Wilkins. Exeter City Museums and the author. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-85522-587-9.
  2. ^ New Persian variants: آذرگشنسب Āzargušnasb, آذرشسپ Āzaršaspc; see Dehkhoda Dictionary
  3. ^ Kia 2016, p. 71.
  4. ^ a b Potts & Canepa 2018.