. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . F i r1 ^^^Hnl^i^^H^^V ^^l^H^^^^B ■li|jBe::S4 [IKO. o ^ 1-^ - fi^ RESTRICTIONS ON THE ZOROASTRIANS 375 and another Gabar, who was mistaken for him, was killed bythe enraged Musulmans.^ As regards their dress, moreover, the Zoroastrians have al-ways been obliged to adopt a style that would distinguish themfrom the Mohammedans, and it is only within the last ten yearsthat they could wear any color except yellow, gray, or brown,and the wearing of white stockings was long interdicted. Theu
. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . F i r1 ^^^Hnl^i^^H^^V ^^l^H^^^^B ■li|jBe::S4 [IKO. o ^ 1-^ - fi^ RESTRICTIONS ON THE ZOROASTRIANS 375 and another Gabar, who was mistaken for him, was killed bythe enraged Musulmans.^ As regards their dress, moreover, the Zoroastrians have al-ways been obliged to adopt a style that would distinguish themfrom the Mohammedans, and it is only within the last ten yearsthat they could wear any color except yellow, gray, or brown,and the wearing of white stockings was long interdicted. Theuse of spectacles and eye-glasses, and the privilege of carrying anumbrella, have been allowed only within the same decade, andeven now the Gabars are not permitted to ride in the streets orto make use of the public baths Qiamdin); but the latter pro-hibition, as they told me, is no longer a hardship, because theyhave built a bathing-establishment for their own use. A scoreof petty annoyances that they have to undergo might becited in addition to the more serious disqualifications; butenough have been given to show the disadvantages under whichthey labor a
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