Back to the Motherland? Parsi Gujarati Travelogues of Iran in the Qajar-Pahlavi Interregnum, 1921–1925

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ID9978229
AutoresMurali Ranganathan (0000-0002-1289-086X, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen56
Número1
Páginas37-59
Fecha de publicación2022-09-23
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIranian Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/irn.2022.17
OpenAlexW4296831127
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas16

The publication of four Gujarati travelogues written by Parsis traveling to Iran in quick succession in the 1920s marked the intensification of a relationship that had hitherto been based mainly on philanthropy directed towards the Zoroastrians of Iran. The Pahlavi regime, with its assurances of religious tolerance and equity, prompted Parsis to consider deepening their connection with Iran through trade and business investments and also examine the possibility of return to their motherland. The encounters which constitute these travelogues could be framed as experiments which helped the Parsi community in India to construct a framework for developing this relationship. The Parsi travelogues, while attempting to recover a Zoroastrian past in Iran, also try to map the future for the community by addressing its present anxieties and aspirations

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Gujarati · Interregnum · Islam · Literature · Political science · Zoroastrianism · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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