Manichae (Mani),the ancient Iranian Prophet
Mnichae (Mani) the painter prophet
manichaeism, (Ayine Mani=in Persian) the ancient religion founded by Manichae(216ACE) or Mani or Manes in Sasanid era.he was born in Ancient Persia in Assuristan and today Kurdistan.his father (Pattag or Fatak) was from Hmedan(Hegmatane) and his mother , Maryam, was of Kamarsaragan family and had a relationship with royal families of Parthia.he decided to guide people atfer a revelation reception from a spiritual source who he named it Soroush or Sizigos when he was joined in Gnostic and mystical populations.he regarded himself as the complementary of formers works.he believe to following the way of Seth ,Noah,Ibraham,Sem,Zoroaster,Bhudda,Jesus. Mani travelled to India and Central Asia and China,to propagandize his Faith.he was succeeded in his work too. he was supported by Shapour and wrote a book for him(Shapurgan) but in the other times he and his followers was hurted by religious governing body and he was killed in the prison on Ctesiphon.
the single Manichaeism Temple in China 
a Manichaeism paper in Sogdian language 
He believed the dualists between Light and Darkness. light was the source of Goodness, and darkness was the source of bad things.they are Fighting and we are the Fighters but at the end of fight ,light will defeat the darkness and the world will be Heaven.
his philosophia was the combination between Zoroastrianism Mazdaeism and Iranian thoughts with semitic religions elements.he painted his books and draw his teaching chapters on the paper for uneducated people thus he is also known as Painter Prophet.he had close ten books in Persian and Assyrian.Shapurgan and Arzhang are his famous books.he also wrote Razan , Niyan zendegan , Cavan.the other Manichaeism books are founded in Uyghuristan(Tsin kiang of China) ,Egypt,Iran,Central Asia.
Manichaeism Art.
some historians believe Manichae and his art in Painting was the reson of succeesfully acception in China,but some other believe Manichaeism art was the factor in chineese Art ,specially in painting,however Manichae’s faith was accepted through the ancient world and it had some element like commonism,Hillary of Poitiers reported that Manichaeism is so popular in south of France in 381 AD it arrived at egypt in 250 AD an also in Rome at 280 AD.it was accepted so fast in formers and ordinary people but after Islam arriving and the religious goverment in europe and Roma it was faded in the world and were limited in some parts of the east.from the famous Manichaeist St Agoustine and Khwaje Rashid Fazlolla are well known.
