Mani (prophet)

Prophet

Mani
Prophet; Mani
مانی
	Portrait of Mani, dating to the 19th century
Personal
Born	c. April AD 216; Ctesiphon, Parthian Babylonia (modern-day Iraq)
Died	2 March AD 274 or 26 February AD 277 ; (aged 57–58 or 60–61); Gundeshapur, Sassanid Empire (modern-day Iran)
Cause of death	Martyrdom by the order of Bahram I
Religion	Manichaeism
Parents	Pātik, Mariam
Notable work(s)	The Book of Giants; Shabuhragan; Living Gospel; Arzhang; Fundamental Epistle;
Founder of	Manichaeism

Mani (in Middle Persian: