Persian hagiography This material formed the basis for the surviving hagiographical material of Zarathustra, which is found in Middle Persian or Pahlavi texts including the "Dēnkard" and the "Wizidagiha", and in New Persian texts including the "Zaratosht-nama" and the "Shahnameh". Using and developing the historiographical methods of the "muḥaddithūn" (scholars of the sayings and history of the Prophet), Persian scholars drew on oral tradition and their own observations to write about holy figures. However, many hagiographies also drew on earlier written sources, often adapting those sources to reflect the writers' own view of sainthood. For example, in the twelfth century CE, Muḥammad
Sabu also called Kem Sabu also called Kem Sabu called Kem was High Priest of Ptah, probably during the reign of Pepi I. His precise titles include "greatest of the directors of craftsmen belonging to the day of the festival of the Sun" (this is the main title of a high priest of Ptah), "priest of Sokar in the two houses" and "priest of Ptah. Sabu's mastaba (C 23) in Saqqara is described by Mariette. It is built of limestone. The cult chamber consists of only one room, that is decorated with agricultural scenes. Here was also found a statue, showing Sabu totally naked.