     a parsi or parsee  is a member of one of the two zoroastrian communities found throughout south asia. they are ethnically distinct from the iranis even though both groups descend from persian zoroastrians. according to the qissa-i sanjan tradition, the present-day parsis descend from a group of zoroastrians from greater iran who migrated to the western borders of south asia (gujarat and sindh) during the 8th or 10th century to avoid persecution by muslim invaders who were in the process of conquering iran. at the time of the muslim conquest of persia, the dominant religion of the region was zoroastrianism. iranians rebelled against arab invaders for almost 200 years; in iran this period is now known as the "two centuries of silence" or "period of silence". during this time many iranians who are now called parsi rejected both options and instead chose to take refuge by fleeing from iran to india.parsi communities i. early history â encyclopaedia iranica. iranicaonline.org (2008-07-20). retrieved on 2013-07-28. the word "parsi" in the persian language literally means [[pe
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