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Jamasp

جاماسب

Jamasp the sage — with Zoroaster he warned the Persian kings to safeguard book copies in India and China 1

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Jamasp, a sage mentioned together with Zoroaster in a report of Abu Sahl ibn Nawbakht, as Ibn al-Nadim relays it. The report says that they warned the kings of Persia against the deed of Alexander, and so the books were copied and secured in the land of India and China. 2

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  1. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
  2. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p. 333
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islam.museum contributors. “Jamasp”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jamasp/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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