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This is a list of notable Parsis.The Parsis constitute one of the Zoroastrian communities that originated from the groups of people from Persia who sought refuge from religious persecution through migration to other countries after the Arab/Islamic conquest of Persia; the other later Iranian Zoroastrian migrants are Irani.
This list included the Kashmiri Pandits, the Nagar Brahmins from Gujarat, the Brahmins from Southern India, the Punjabi Khatris and Kayastha from northern India, the Chitpavans and CKPs from Maharashtra; Bengali Probasis and Bhadraloks, the Parsis, as well as the upper echelons of the Indian Muslim and Indian Christian communities throughout ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) List of Parsis; List of Zoroastrians; Parsis; A. Adajania; Cowasjee Dinshaw Adenwalla; Hirji S. Adenwalla;
The Faravahar, one of the most prominent symbols used to represent Zoroastrianism. In 2012, a study by the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America published a demographic picture of Zoroastrianism around the world, which was compared with an earlier study from 2004. [1]
The Parsis called such an unconsecrated building either dar-be mehr or agiary. The latter is the Gujarati language word for 'house of fire' [ 3 ] and thus a literal translation of atashkada . In recent years, the term dar-be mehr has come to refer to a secondary sacred fire (the dadgah ) for daily ritual use that is present at the more ...
Cyrus the Great, (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; Kourosh; New Persian: کوروش Kuruš; Hebrew: כורש, Modern: Kōréš, Tiberian: Kōréš; c. 600–530 BC) : commonly known as Cyrus the Great, and also called Cyrus the Elder by the Greeks, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire.
The Parsis are a Zoroastrian community of Persian descent who migrated to South Asia, to escape religious persecution after the fall of the Sassanian Empire. [108] They have had a significant role in the development of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka , and also played a role in the development of Iranian nationalism during the late Qajar years ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. List of Zoroastrians * List of Parsis; A. Anyang funerary bed; P. Parsis; T. Tomb of An Jia; Tomb of Wirkak; Tomb of Yu Hong