Mani (prophet)

<p>Mani  was an <a href="/facts/Iranian_peoples/gnzfoI8h">Iranian</a> prophet and the founder of <a href="/facts/Manichaeism/fUWQUj6q">Manichaeism</a>, a religion most prevalent in <a href="/facts/Late_antiquity/sPTl0dyD">late antiquity</a>.
</p><p>Mani was born in or near <a href="/facts/Ctesiphon/BPwMYYKt">Ctesiphon</a> (south of modern <a href="/facts/Baghdad/RbtLzzHe">Baghdad</a>) in <a href="/facts/Mesopotamia/f0mmbhTK">Mesopotamia</a>, at the time part of the <a href="/facts/Parthian_Empire/2Yxcllsk">Parthian Empire</a>. <a href="/facts/Seven_Scriptures_of_Mani/0lVKhLco">Seven of his major works</a> were written in <a href="/facts/Syriac_language/mLhEtdSW">Syriac</a>, and the eighth, dedicated to the <a href="/facts/Sasanian_Empire/JvbRevkA">Sasanian emperor</a> <a href="/facts/Shapur_I/HTPsCYEp">Shapur I</a>, was written in <a href="/facts/Middle_Persian/gDkd45qF">Middle Persian</a>. He died shortly after being imprisoned by <a href="/facts/Bahram_I/btVSNsPH">Bahram I</a> in <a href="/facts/Gundeshapur/W2pdeucW">Gundeshapur</a>.
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