Kartīr’s Smiting of Religious Minorities

And from province to province, place to place, and throughout the empire, the services to Ohrmazd and the gods increased. And the Mazdayasnian [Zoroastrian] tradition and the magi received great honor in the empire. And great satisfaction came to the gods, water, fire, and cattle¹ in the empire. And great blows and harm came to Ahreman and the demons. And the belief of Ahreman and the demons exited the empire and was made untrustworthy. And Jews and Shamans [Buddhists] and Brahmans [Hindus] and Nazarenes and Christians and Baptists and Manichaeans were struck in the empire. And idols were destroyed, and the dens of the demons were disturbed and made into thrones and seats of the gods.