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| | Mani Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | Patek, the father of Mani, was a native of Hamadan, ancient Ecbatana, and apparently belonged to the Arsacid princely family. |
 | | Mani seems to have begun his career by a journey to the easternmost provinces of Persia and Sind. |
 | | Mani left a number of books, treatises, and epistles, mostly in Syriac, among which were the Book of the Two Principles, The Book of Secrets, and The Living Gospel. |
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