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MĀDAYĀN Ī HAZĀR DĀDESTĀN, (Book of a Thousand Judgements), is one of the most significant primary documents for the social and institutional history of Sasanian Iran and the only entirely legal treatise on pre-Islamic Iranian jurisprudence to have survived from the Zoroastrian era. Unlike subsequent Pahlavi books of the 9th and 10th centuries, which combined juridical and religious themes, the Madayan focuses solely on legal questions, in contrast to all other known sources on Zoroastrian and Sasanian law. The Madayan is not a codex; rather, it is an extensive collection of real and imagined case histories gathered from court transcripts and records, testaments, different works on jurisprudence, jurists' commentary, direct quotes from the most eminent authorities in the field, and a plethora of other long-lost documents.

Compiler
Farroxmard i Wahrāmān, a jurist or theologian, compiled the Madayan some time after the 26th year of Khosrow II's reign. He lived in the first part of the 7th century, was well-versed in legal jargon, had intimate knowledge of the Sasanian legal system, and had access to court documents based on the content of the Madayan and its legal terminology.

Many examples of Aramaic legal terminology, either in Aramogram or translated into Pahlavi, are included throughout the Madayan.