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2023-01-25

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This photo essay provides a visual archive of Parsi philanthropic efforts toward the Iranian Zoroastrian communities of Yazd, Kerman, and Tehran during the 1930s. The essay reproduces a collection of photographs from a photo album produced by the Iranian Zoroastrian Anjoman (est. 1918) for the benefit of Parsi audiences in Bombay. These photographs were taken and compiled by administrators of the Parsi-funded charities in order to demonstrate to Bombay-based Parsi benefactors how their charity efforts were being used inside Iran. The essay also discusses the importance of including visual archival material as part of the social and cultural history of modern Iran, as well as the unique sets of challenges that such archival preservation represents.

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photo essay, Zoroastrians, Iranians, Iranian Zoroastrians, Yazd, Kerman, philanthropy

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Marashi, A., & Patel, D. (2022). As seen from Bombay: An Iranian Zoroastrian photo album from the 1930s. Iranian Studies, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/irn.2022.37

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https://shareok.org/handle/11244/335212

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The full photo album is available via SHAREOK: https://hdl.handle.net/11244/335212

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