HISTORY OF D N MEHTA PARSI LYING-IN-HOSPITAL NAVSARI (as narrated in the Mehta Vansavli) Late Seth Dorabji Nanabhoy Mehta expired on Roj Asman Maha Adar, 1280YZ, 6-6-1911 at Navsari. In his honour his relatives and friends had donated a sum of Rs 7876 for different religious funds at the time of his uthamna. It was decided some important work
Read moreSeth Edulji Navroji Mehta-Chinoy (as narrated in the Mehta Vansavli) Seth Edulji Navroji Mehta was born in Damka Street Malesar Navsari on Y Z 1196, 1826AD on Mohor Roj and Maha Farvandin. He first started working with Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy. At the age of about 14 he made his first trip to China. It was a long ship journey and he
Read moreEpisodes 07, 08 and 09 of the ZIOH Launched FEZANA Religion Education Committee is happy to announce the launch of the first three episodes of the Zoroastrian Intergenerational Oral History Project. You can view the entire series and read the transcripts of each interview on the FEZANA website The entire series is also available as a podcast here Forging A Resilient Soul
Read moreAn interesting take on Dadar Parsi Colony where both countries India & Pakistan were involved in the early part of 1896. Maybe many would not be aware of these Historical details. Dadar Parsi Colony has its origins in the 1896 Bubonic plague of Bombay. It was birthed as a safe low-lying marshland community to combat the spread of the disease,
Read moreDates September 21, 2024–January 12, 2025 Location Arthur M. Sackler Gallery | Galleries 23 and 24 Collection Area Arts of the Islamic World At A Glance This exhibition focuses on a single copy of the Shahnama made around 1330 in Iran, not on the literary work completed by the Persian poet Firdawsi three hundred years earlier around the year 1010. Monumental in
Read moreHe was the first Zoroastrian to sail to England from India: not to mention the first Indian who sued the British and won! He sailed back in victory with his cause vindicated and putting his entrepreneur skills upfront, he was received with great respect. Naoroji Rustomji Manek Seth (1662-1732) was the son of the philanthropic Parsi Rustomji Manekji of Surat.
Read moreQissa-e-Parsi: The Parsi Story. FYI … A film by Ketatun’s nephew Zal Cowasji’s daughter Divya …. A high-res link to Divya and her colleague, Shilpi’s film on the Parsis, commissioned by the Ministry of External Affairs, and produced by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust of India (PSBT), is now available at The Film explores the history of the Parsi
Read moreThe Mumbai Research Centre of The Asiatic Society Of Mumbai invites you to a talk titled Getting to Know Ardeshir Irani and will be delivered by Dr. Narendra Panjwani. The event starts at 5 PM on Friday, 8th November 2024, with tea at 4:30 PM at the Durbar Hall. Ardeshir Irani created India’s first talkie, ALAM ARA, in 1931, choosing
Read moreDerbent: What Persia left behind with Director Pejman Akbarzadeh A documentary screening hosted by SSPIZS Tuesday 26 November 2024 @ 7.00 pm Djam Lecture Theatre in the main building of SOAS campusThe Institute is pleased to announce that we will host the U.K. premier screening of the documentary “Derbent, What Persia Left Behind,” directed by Pejman Akbarzadeh. After working with Pejman on the Idea of Iran Symposium, we are thrilled
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