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If so be I became a Musulman, Could I abjure my Magian wine? no, never!

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

The Magian went to Cambyses to calumniate his brother, saying that his mind was set on evil.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max

Phaedyme, the daughter of Otanes, had been the wife of Cambyses, and with the rest of the wives she had passed over to the Magian.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max

Hence he knew of the fact, and, as was fitting, he urged the overthrow of the Magian before all others.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max

According to Herodotus, Cambyses reigned seven years and five months, and the Magian more than seven months; the two make up eight years.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max