Parsis

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Zoroastrian community ethno-religious community

Parsis are a Zoroastrian ethno-religious community in India, historically influential in commerce, industry, and philanthropy, especially in western regions such as Mumbai (formerly part of the Bombay Presidency).

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Parsi 10
Gujarati Parsis 1
Parsi community 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zoroastrian community ⓘ
ethno-religious community ⓘ
ancestralOrigin Greater Iran ⓘ
Persians ⓘ
surface form: Persia
countryOfResidence Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
diaspora Parsi diaspora in Western countries ⓘ
economicRole prominent in commerce ⓘ
prominent in industry ⓘ
ethnonymOrigin derived from word for Persian ⓘ
funeraryCustom sky burial on Towers of Silence ⓘ
governanceBody Bombay Parsi Punchayet ⓘ
historicalInfluence pioneers of Indian industrialization ⓘ
significant role in development of Bombay ⓘ
historicalRegion Bombay Presidency ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
surface form: Parsi Gujarati
marriagePractice traditionally endogamous ⓘ
migrationPeriod early medieval period ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in India ⓘ
religious minority in India ⓘ
notableFamily Godrej family ⓘ
Petit family ⓘ
Tata family ⓘ
Wadia family ⓘ
notablePerson Dadabhai Naoroji ⓘ
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw ⓘ
Freddie Mercury ⓘ
Homi J. Bhabha ⓘ
Jamsetji Tata ⓘ
Pherozeshah Mehta ⓘ
Zubin Mehta ⓘ
populationTrend declining ⓘ
primaryLocation Gujarat ⓘ
India ⓘ
Mumbai ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
religiousFounder Zoroaster ⓘ
religiousInstitution Tower of Silence ⓘ
fire temple ⓘ
religiousPractice fire worship in fire temples ⓘ
religiousText Avesta ⓘ
selfDesignation Parsis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parsi
socialRole major philanthropists in India ⓘ
traditionalProfession banking ⓘ
industry ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
trade ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Parsi community in Bombay
this entity surface form: Parsi
Homi J. Bhabha → ethnicGroup → Parsis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parsi
Petit family → ethnicGroup → Parsis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parsi
Petit family → ethnicGroup → Parsis ⓘ
subject surface form: Rattanbai Petit
subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw
this entity surface form: Parsi
Petit family → ethnicGroup → Parsis ⓘ
subject surface form: Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet
Zubin Mehta → ethnicGroup → Parsis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parsi
this entity surface form: Parsi
Godrej family → ethnicity → Parsis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parsi
Tata family → ethnicity → Parsis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parsi
Western India → hasCommunity → Parsis ⓘ
Dina Wadia → religion → Parsis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parsi
Parsis → selfDesignation → Parsis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parsi
Gujarati people → subgroup → Parsis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gujarati Parsis
Avesta → usedBy → Parsis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parsi community
Tower of Silence → usedBy → Parsis ⓘ