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100	1		_aBuhler, Alexandra
245			_aZoroastrianism in India and Iran : Persians, parsis and the flowering of political identity
260			_aLondon : _bI.B. Tauris, _c2021
500			_aAlexandra Buhler completed her PhD at SOAS, University of London, where she has taught courses on Zoroastrianism and on the History of Iran.
520			_an the nineteenth century, a great number of Zoroastrians emigrated from Iran to India. The subsequent importance of the cultural, religious and political ties between the Zoroastrian communities of Iran and the Zoroastrians communities of India has long been recognised. But despite this, there has been very little scholarly attention paid to this transnational relationship or the networks that existed. This book examines the Zoroastrian community in the late Qajar and early Pahlavi period beyond the borders of Iran to trace this Parsi-Persian relationship. A major theme is the increase in philanthropy directed to the Zoroastrians of Iran by the Parsis and the involvement of the British in encouraging Parsi feelings of patriotism towards Iran. The book shows that not only were Parsis effected by events taking place in Iran, they also contributed to the broader change in attitudes towards Zoroastrians in that country.
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