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Mizdaeus or Mazdai was an Indo-Parthian king who is found mention in the apochrypal text Acts of Thomas. The following extract from this text, describe how St.Thomas was executed by a Zoroastrian king named Misdaeus in his Indo-Parthian Kingdom (a part of modern day Pakistan):

This narration is at variance with the dominant Christian tradition that St. Thomas was martyred at Mylapore near Chennai in South India which was then under the rule of Cholas and not under any Indo-Parthian king or Zoroastrian rulers. This narration also contradicts the portrait of St. Thomas' martyrdom illustrated inside the church of St. Thomas in Mylapore, which shows a single Brahmana Hindu back stabbing St. Thomas with a lance while he was engaged in prayer.