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CHAPTER II.

THE PARSEES IN PERSIA.

  • Effect of Mahomedan invasion on the country and natives of Persia
  • Zoroastrian population at Yezd and Kirman
  • Their occupation
  • Causes which led to their destruction
  • Invasion of Persia by the Gilji Afghans
  • Persecutions to which the Parsees were subjected by the invaders
  • Persecution under Lootf Ally Khan
  • Enlistment of the Zoroastrians in the Ranks of the Afghan Troops
  • Their further persecutions in the reign of Nadir Shah and of Aga Mahomed Khan Kujur
  • Condition of the Zoroastrians at Yezd and Kirman
  • Measures taken by the Parsees of Bombay for the improvement of the condition of their coreligionists in Persia
  • Miseries and hardships of the capitation tax
  • Treatment of the Zoroastrians by the other subjects of Persia
  • Impediment to their pursuit of commerce
  • Difficulty in recovering their claims
  • Extraordinary instances of oppression and injustice
  • Physical and Moral Condition of the Zoroastrians of Persia
  • The means by which their miseries might be alleviated
  • Contrast of British and Persian rule as manifested in the condition of the Parsees of Persia and those of India.

An inquiry into the present state of the professors of Zoroastrianism would manifestly be incomplete if it did not embrace an account of such of the race as have held fast

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