Modi, Jivanji Jamshedji, Sir, 1854-1933
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- Summary
- Sir Ervad Jivanji Jamshedji Modi (1854–1933), who also carried the title of Shams-ul-Ulama, was a prominent Zoroastrian Parsi-Indian priest, scholar and community leader in Bombay. One of "the most decorated priests in history", he wrote over 70 books, produced over 120 scholarly papers on Zoroastrian history, traveled and researched into Zoroastrian affairs extensively and was instrumental in organizing the Parsi community in India. During his lifetime he had been called "the greatest living authority on the ancient history and customs of the Parsis." He created a facsimile edition of the Middle Persian legal treatise, Mādayān ī Hazār Dādestān in 1901. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [2][3][4][1]
- Born
- 1854 [2][4]
- Died
- 1933 [2][4]
- Death Place
- Bombay [4]
- Country
- India [4]
- Language
- English [1]
- Occupation
- writer [2]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [2]
- Sources
- 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 2. Wikidata
- 3. VIAF
- 4. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
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