History of the Parsis
HISTORY OF THE PARSIS
including their Manners, Customs, Religion, and present position
by
DOSABHAI FRAMJI KARAKA, C.S.I.
Presidency Magistrate and Chairman of Her Majesty’s Bench of Justices, Bombay;
Late Member of Bombay Legislative Council; Late Chairman of the Municipal Corporation and Late Sheriff of Bombay
Published in 1884
Volume I
Chapter I – Historical Sketch
Chapter II – The Zoroastrians in Persia
Chapter III – The Zoroastrians in India – their manners and customs
Chapter IV – The Zoroastrians in India – their manners and customs (continued)
Chapter V – Internal Government and Laws
Chapter VI – Education
Volume II
Chapter I – Distinguished Parsis of Gujarat
Chapter II – Distinguished Parsis of Bombay
Chapter III – Zoroaster
Chapter IV – The Parsi Creed
Chapter V – Monotheism and Fire-Reverence
Chapter VI – Progress and Present Position
Is there a way to purchase this book?
Thank you
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 7:16 AM, Zoroastrians.net wrote:
> yazdi posted: “HISTORY OF THE PARSIS including their Manners, Customs, > Religion, and present position by DOSABHAI FRAMJI KARAKA, C.S.I. Presidency > Magistrate and Chairman of Her Majesty’s Bench of Justices, Bombay; Late > Member of Bombay Legislative Council; Late C” >
This is a very old book – not in print any more
AbeBooks also sells reprints of volume 1 & 2
There are reprint versions available on Amazon.com
Thank you for posting these links.
Thanks for tis interesting posting
Came across the original 1884 edition for sale! Looks interesting:
https://kumarclassicbookpoint.blogspot.com/2020/02/history-of-parsis-1884-extremely-rare.html