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Jamshedi Navroz is not a Zoroastrian religious festival but commemorates a historical event. According to the Shahnameh, King Jamshed sat on his throne on the first day of spring, which later came to be known as Navroz. However, Firdausi makes no reference to the sun changing signs or the start of the new year being connected to the spring equinox. In reality, the Persian calendar year was established in 1079 AD by Sultan Malik Shah on the advice of Omar Khayyam to begin on March 21st for tax collection pur
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- Burjor Daboo
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- EN