Kaikhusroo M. Jamaspasa
- ANKLESARIA, PESHOTAN KAVASHAH
ANKLESARIA, PESHOTAN KAVASHAH (1928-69). Parsi priest and scholar born at Broach. A distant relative of Tahmuras Anklesaria, he was educated…
- ANTIA, EDULJI KERSASPJI
ANTIA, EDULJI KERSASPJI (1842-1913/1212-83 yazdegerdi), Parsi scholar, born of priestly stock in Navsari in Gujarat, where he received his early…
- ANKLESARIA, TAHMURAS DINSHAH
ANKLESARIA, TAHMURAS DINSHAH (1842-1903), Parsi priest and scholar. Born at the little town of Anklesar, center of the Godavra priestly…
- ANKLESARIA, BAHRAMGORE TAHMURAS
ANKLESARIA, BAHRAMGORE TAHMURAS (1873-1944), Parsi scholar, son of Tahmuras Dinshah Anklesaria, born and educated in Bombay. He was the first…
- GUJARATI
GUJARATI (or Gojarati), the mother tongue of Gujaratis, which has been for centuries a vehicle of thought and expression for…
- DHALLA, DASTUR MANECKJI NUSSERWANJI
DHALLA, DASTUR MANECKJI NUSSERWANJI (b. 22 September 1875, Surat; d. 25 May 1956, Karachi), Parsi priest and scholar (FIGURE 1)….
- DARABPAHLAN, DASTUR
DARABPAHLAN, DASTUR, Zoroastrian priest and author (b. Navsari, Gujarat, 1668, d. Navsari, 1 September 1734), eldest son of Pahlan Fredoon,…
- COYAJEE, JEHANGIR COOVERJI
COYAJEE, SIR JEHANGIR COOVERJI (b. Bombay, 11 September 1875, d. Bombay, 14 July 1943), Parsi economist and student of ancient…
- CAMA ORIENTAL INSTITUTE
CAMA ORIENTAL INSTITUTE (K. R. Cama Oriental Institute), a research institute in Bombay established in memory of the Parsi orientalist,…
- BULSARA, SOHRAB JAMSHEDJI
BULSARA, SOHRAB JAMSHEDJI (1877-1945), Parsi scholar of Avestan, Pahlavi, Pazand, and Persian and Iranian history, born to a middle class…
- BILIMORIA, NUSHERWANJI FRAMJI
BILIMORIA, NUSHERWANJI FRAMJI (b. 2 June 1852-d. 15 August 1922), Zoroastrian journalist, editor, and publisher. Among the newspapers to which…
- BHARUCHA, SHERIARJI DADABHAI
BHARUCHA, SHERIARJI DADABHAI, Parsi scholar, born at Broach in 1843. His father, Dadabhai Furdoonji, the Panthaki of the Hamavara Dar-e…
- IRANI, DINSHAH JIJIBHOY [2006]
IRANI, DINSHAH JIJIBHOY, Parsi notable and scholar (b. Bombay, 4 November 1881; d. Bombay, 3 November 1938; Figure 1). His…
- IRAN LEAGUE
IRAN LEAGUE, an organization established on 10 September 1922 by prominent Parsis with the aim of reviving and strengthening cultural…
- HODIVALA, SHAHPURSHAH HORMASJI DINSHAHJI
HODIVALA, SHAHPURSHAH HORMASJI DINSHAHJI (d. 26 November 1944), Principal of the Bahauddin (Bahāʾ-al-Din) College of Junagadh, and professor of literature,…
- HODIVALA, SHAPURJI KAVASJI
HODIVALA, SHAPURJI KAVASJI, (b. 26 July 1870; d. 13 June 1931), scholar of Avestan and Zoroastrian studies. He studied Sanskrit…