Exile and the Nation: The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran
Afshin MarashiIn the aftermath of the seventh-century Islamic conquest of Iran, Zoroastrians departed for India. Known as the Parsis, they slowly lost contact with their ancestral land until the nineteenth century, when steam-powered sea travel, the increased circulation of Zoroastrian-themed books, and the philanthropic efforts of Parsi benefactors sparked a new era of interaction between the two groups.
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Year:
2020
Publisher:
University of Texas Press
Language:
english
ISBN:
B0813WGLV1
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EPUB, 1.96 MB
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english, 2020