[BlackVeil]

I agree that they show some characteristics of the Ismailis, (and also of "twelver" shia Islam) but they are understood by many historians to have been following Zorastrian doctrines at that time. They violently separated from the Fatamid dynasty, and the Shah who banned Shariah and reinstituted the sacred flames in Bahrain would seem to be acting as a Zorastrian.

[Cronos]

I agree that they show some characteristics of the Ismailis, (and also of "twelver" shia Islam) but they are understood by many historians to have been following Zorastrian doctrines at that time.

True, but that doesn't make them Zoroastrians. They were basically Ismaili, but maybe with heavy leanings towards Zoroastrianism. It would have been good it they had just destroyed the dang rock