or Kartir
flourished 3rd century AD, Iran
Persian high priest of
Under the protection of a series of Persian kings, he restored the purity of Zoroastrianism and tried to purge the kingdom of all other religions. His chief rival was the prophet {{link=Mani">Mani , founder of Manichaeism . At Karter's instigation, Mani was put in prison, where he eventually died. After Karter's death a degree of religious tolerance returned to Persia.