The last Magian of name and power appears to be Mardavige the Dilemite, who, in the beginning of the 10th century, reigned in the northern provinces of Persia, near the Caspian Sea (D'Herbelot, Bibliot. Orient. p. 355). But his soldiers and successors, the Bowides, either professed or embraced the Mahometan faith; and under their dynasty (A.D. 933 - 1020) I should place the fall of the religion of Zoroaster.