Manichaean religion became popularised in a religious regime, which in fact was governed by Mubēdān –Zoroastrian priests. These priests disagreed with Mani and his teachings and at last killed him and destroyed his religion in Iran. These disagreements and antipathies with Mani and his teachings are reverberated in some Pahlavi texts: Dinkard and Šekand GumānikVizār. In this article Dinkard III,Kerdir's Inscriptions and a part of Pāzand Šekumd Gumānīkare studied in comparison with Manichaean texts and Manis teachings.
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