The Parsis (singular: Parsi /ˈpɑːrsi/) or Parsees are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent adhering to Zoroastrianism. They are descended...
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Trita Parsi (Persian: تریتا پارسی, born 21 July 1974) is the co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft...
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Look up Parsi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Parsis are a Zoroastrian community of South Asia. Parsi or Parsis may also refer to: Parsi, Iran,...
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Dadar Parsi Colony (officially Mancherji Joshi Parsi Colony) is an upper class Parsi colony in midtown South Mumbai. It is situated in the locality of...
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Karachi Parsi Institute (KPI), formerly known as Parsi Gymkhana or Zoroastrian Club, is a multisports club located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established...
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Parsi has been used as a name for several languages of South Asia and Iran, some of them spurious: Parsi, an alternative spelling of Farsi, the Persian...
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Gujarati language (redirect from Parsi Gujarati)
are also often cited as additional varieties of Gujarati. Parsi: spoken by the Zoroastrian Parsi minority. This highly distinctive variety has been subject...
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Parsi theatre is a generic term for an influential theatre tradition, staged by Parsis, and theatre companies largely-owned by the Parsi business community...
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This is a list of notable Parsis. The Parsis constitute one of the Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent and abroad that originated from the...
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Parsi cuisine refers to the traditional cuisine of the Parsi people who had migrated into the Indian subcontinent from Persia, and currently spread across...
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Parsi Gymkhana is a gymkhana (social and sporting club) located along Marine Drive in Mumbai. It was built for sports and social activities of Parsis...
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Parsi Gymkhana may mean: Parsi Gymkhana (Marine Drive): A gymkhana located at Marine Drive in Mumbai Parsi Gymkhana (Dadar): A gymkhana located at Dadar...
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the Parsi law are: Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1865. Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936. Parsi Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, 1940. Parsi Marriage...
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subcontinent, where they received refugees and became the progenitors of today's Parsis. Once numbering millions of adherents at its height, the world's current...
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Women in Zoroastrianism (section Parsi personal law)
The role of women in the Zoroastrian and Parsi communities remains controversial and significant. Gender roles in the community have slowly been evolving...
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Iranian architecture (redirect from Parsi style (Iranian architecture))
Pirnia. 2005. ISBN 964-96113-2-0 p.24. Page 39, however, considers "pre-Parsi" as a distinct style. "Hatra | Iraq, History, & Facts". Britannica. Retrieved...
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Parsi Cemetery is a cemetery in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Constructed in the 1890s, the Parsi graveyard was established to honor the memory of Rawalpindi...
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The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (Also known as Bombay Parsi Panchayat, Bombay Parsi Panchayet or BPP) is the apex body representing the Parsi Zoroastrian Community...
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Zoroastrianism in India (section Parsi)
wave of Iranian migrants fled to India, where they became known as the Parsi people, who now represent India's oldest Zoroastrian community. Later waves...
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Parsi Dairy Farm is a dairy business in Mumbai that was established in 1916. The dairy produces milk, ghee, pasteurized white butter, lassi, kulfis and...
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Where Is Parsifal? (redirect from Where Is Parsi?)
Where Is Parsifal? is a 1984 British comedy film directed by Henri Helman and starring Tony Curtis, Cassandra Domenica, Erik Estrada, Peter Lawford (in...
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Qissa-e Parsi: The Parsi Story is a 2014 documentary on the Parsi community in India. The directors of the film are Shilpi Gulati and Divya Cowasji. The...
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Feroze Gandhi (category Parsi people)
Indian National Congress. Feroze Gandhi was born on 12 September 1912 to a Parsi family at the Tehmulji Nariman Hospital in the Fort district of Bombay;...
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Parasi, Nepal (redirect from Parsi, Nepal)
Parasi is a place in Ramgram, Nepal Municipality in Parasi District in the Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it...
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Mehr Jesia (category Parsi people)
a Parsi family on 30 November 1970. She completed her schooling in J B Vaccha High School for Parsi Girls, Dadar,Mumbai. She grew up in Dadar Parsi Colony...
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Pärsi is a village in Mulgi Parish, Viljandi County in southern Estonia. It borders the villages Morna, Oti, Karksi, Polli and Allaste as well as other...
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Rattanbai Jinnah (category Parsi people)
extremely affluent and well-connected Petit family that belonged to the Parsi community. She was the only daughter of the businessman Sir Dinshaw Petit...
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Tata family (category Parsi people from Mumbai)
Pallonji Mistry family, and the rest by various Tata sons. The Tatas are a Parsi family and originally came to Mumbai from Surat in the state of Gujarat...
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Jadi Rana (section Jadi Rana in Parsi literature)
present-day Parsi community of the Indian subcontinent. Many Parsis consider the Qissa to be a factual account, and there are several ancillary Parsi legends...
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The Parsi Lying-in Hospital (PLIH), also known as Temulji's Lying-in Hospital, sometimes spelled Tehmulji's Lying-in Hospital, was one of the first maternity...
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