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Preface.

As an humble exposition of the standpoint of a Zoroastrian priest on one of the most difficult problems at issue in Irânian Antiquities, viz., the alleged practice of next-of-kin marriages in old Irân, the following Address was delivered by me before the Bombay Branch Royal Asiatic Society, on the 15th and 22nd of April last, under the Presidency of the Honourable Mr. Justice West. The paper has been printed in the Society's Transactions, whereof this is almost a reprint, which, it is hoped, will prove convenient for gratuitous circulation among the Parsi Community.

I would take the liberty of expressing my acknowledgments to the Trustees of the Sir Jamshedji Jijibhai Translation Fund

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