{"id":6643,"date":"2012-08-25T01:21:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T05:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1001harf.com\/?p=6643"},"modified":"2012-08-25T01:21:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T05:21:17","slug":"irani-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1001harf.com\/irani-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Irani (India)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Iranis<\/strong>\u00a0are an ethno-religious community in the\u00a0Indian Subcontinent<\/a>; descendants of\u00a0Zoroastrians<\/a>\u00a0who emigrated from\u00a0Iran<\/a>\u00a0to the Indian Subcontinent within the last few centuries. They are culturally, linguistically and socially distinct from the\u00a0Parsis<\/a>, who – although also Zoroastrians – arrived on the subcontinent over 1,200 years ago. The Parsis and Iranis may also be considered legally distinct. This is based in part on a 1909\u00a0obiter dictum<\/a>\u00a0that, among many other issues relating to the Indian Zoroastrians, also observed that Iranis (of the now defunct\u00a0Bombay Presidency<\/a>) were not obliged to uphold the decisions of the then-regulatory Parsi\u00a0Panchayat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Although the term ‘Irani’ is first attested during the\u00a0Mughal era<\/a>, most Iranis are descendants of immigrants who arrived on the Indian subcontinent during the 19th and early 20th centuries, that is, when Iran was ruled by the\u00a0Qajars<\/a>\u00a0and when religious persecution of non-Muslims was rampant. The descendants of the immigrants of those times remain culturally and linguistically closer to the\u00a0Zoroastrians of Iran<\/a>, in particular to the Zoroastrians of\u00a0Yazd<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Kerman<\/a>. Consequently, the\u00a0Dari<\/a>\u00a0dialect of the Zoroastrians of those provinces may also be heard amongst the Iranis.<\/p>\n

In India, most Iranis live in and around the cities of\u00a0Mumbai<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Hyderabad<\/a>. Many Indian Iranis have strong historical ties with the city of\u00a0Hyderabad<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Notable Iranis<\/h2>\n

Notable members of the Irani community include:<\/p>\n