Parsi Woman
Parsi Woman Photographer: Disderi, Paris circa 1860
Unknown Parsi boy
Unknown Parsi boy Photographer: Deen Dayal, Indore circa 1870
Burjorji Sorabji Kharas
Burjorji Sorabji Kharas (1831-1875) Photographer: Dady Limjee Panday, Bombay circa 1860
Rustomjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy
Rustomjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy (1824-1872) Photographer: Hurrychund Chintamon, Bombay circa 1860
Dastoor Sorabji
Dastoor Sorabji Photographer: Hurrychund Chintamon, Bombay circa 1860
Mr. Dinshah Ardesir Taleyarkhan
Mr. Dinshah Ardesir Taleyarkhan (1842-1906) The founder of ‘Gujarat Mitra’, and a famous journalist by Unknown artist circa 1890 Watercolour on ivory 1.4 x 1 in. (3.5 x 2.5 cm.) Hailing from the well known Taleyarkhan family of Surat, Dinshah Ardesir was educated at Surat High School. He started writing in 1863 for public questions […]
Khan Bahadur Padumjee Pestonjee
Khan Bahadur Padumjee Pestonjee (1820-1894) The first Parsi Sirdar of Deccan by Unknown artist circa 1870 Watercolour on ivory 2.5 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.1 cm.) Born in Pune, he was a mail contractor in the Bombay presidency and Deccan. During the mutiny of 1857-58 he was awarded a gold medal and the title […]
Framjee Cowasjee Mehta
Framjee Cowasjee Mehta Editor & Proprietor, Kaiser-I-Hind by Studio artist of Kaiser-I-Hind dated 1878 Tinted lithographs 7 x 5.3 in. (18 x 13.5 cm.) Kaiser-I-Hind In 1878 the Government of India passed the Censorship Act and protests from the press had no effect. Four years later, in 1882, the newspaper Kaiser-I-Hind was founded by Framjee […]
R. H. Jalbhoy
R. H. Jalbhoy author & publisher Unknown British artist circa 1880 Tinted lithographs 11.8 x 9.8 in. (30 x 25 cms) The Portrait Gallery of Western India Embellished with 51 life-like portraits of prominent people from western India, this album has 15 Parsi portraits including that of the album’s compiler and author R. […]
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878-1944) and three emperors of ancient Iran Daryush, Shahpur-1, Siroos (Cyrus) by Aqa Mirza Habibullah Khan, Shiraz, Iran circa 1920 Chromolithograph printed at Hate & Co. Litho, Byculla, Bombay 15.5 x 19 in. (39.4 x 48.3 cm.) Parsi’s Motherland-IranReza Shah Pahlavi, popularly known as Reza Khan, was the first democratically elected monarch […]