amardeep Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Does anyone know about the history of Sikhs in Iran? How long have they been there, what is their socio-political status etc etc? Please share as much as possible 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vijaydeep Singh Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Gurfateh Das has a friend who is a Sikh from Iran. He has been forwarded the question. his email id is jagjivanjot@gmail.com. As per Him the trading Sikhs from frontier first went to Afghanistan and then to Iran. He will give more details. Anyway in Zaidan, there is a Shamshan/cremation ground run by Sikhs and used by Indians ,Chinese etc. regards vd Singh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted November 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 thank you very much vijaydeep ji. Do you know at what time they went to Iran? Was it in the 18-19th century? Are there any Sikhs there from the times of Guru Nanak? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Sardar Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 (edited) [REMOVED] Edited December 10, 2015 by sarbatdapala 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted November 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 Ok thats interesting. It would be interesting to see if there is a small sikh population that has been there since the times of the Gurus. I might be going to Teheran to work for 5-6 months so at the same time I thought it could be interesting to maybe write my thesis on the sikh community in Iran living under islamic rule 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted November 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 There are Gurdwaras in Mashad (a holy city for Shias- the city of martyrs) as well in Zahedan. Its difficult to find any information on their small community 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Sardar Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 (edited) [REMOVED] Edited December 10, 2015 by sarbatdapala 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 An interestin article http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010422/spectrum/main1.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 a very interesting article. good find amardeep. here is a little passage from some sikh women living in iran : "Wearing a scarf over your head each time you step out of your home and keeping one’s hair covered is rather cumbersome but one gets used to it by and by. That is the custom and things have markedly improved on the dress code front, thanks to the progressive Iranian women," say Sikh women. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Sardar Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) [REMOVED] Edited December 10, 2015 by sarbatdapala 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted December 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 Show us the pictures 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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