Note 16 — Chapter II · The Zoroastrians in Persia

At the time of the second invasion of Mahmood he persuaded the Zoroastrians of Yezd and Kirman to join his troops, and avenge the wrongs they had suffered for centuries.16 It is needless to say that these unfortunates, too confiding, allowed themselves to be convinced and enlisted. What do we know of their ultimate fate? What became of them under the standard of Mahmood after the victory of Ispahan? (October 21, 1722, H. 113517). Were they better treated, and did they receive any recompense? There is reason to believe that their condition, far from being ameliorated, became worse.