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This article is about the Zoroastrian community in Pakistan and India referred to as Iranis. For the Zoroastrian community in Iran, see Zoroastrians in Iran.


Irani is a term used to denote Iranian Zoroastrians who have immigrated to Pakistan and India within the last two centuries, as opposed to most Parsis who arrived in India over 1000 years ago. Many of them immigrated during the Qajar era, when persecution of Iranian Zoroastrians was rampant. They are culturally and linguistically closer to the Zoroastrians of Iran. Unlike the Parsis, they speak a Dari dialect, the language spoken by the Iranian Zoroastrians in Yazd and Kerman. Their last names often resemble modern Iranian names, however Irani is a common surname among them. In India they are mostly located in modern-day Mumbai while in Pakistan they are mostly located in modern-day Karachi. In both Pakistan and India, they are famous for their restaurants and tea-houses. [1] Some, such as Ardeshir Irani, have also become very famous in cinema.

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Daeva (daēuua, daāua, daēva) is the Avestan language term for a particular sort of supernatural entity with disagreeable characteristics.
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Zoroastrians in Iran have had a long history, being the oldest religious community of that nation to survive to the present-day. Prior to the Muslim Arab invasion and conquest of Persia, Zoroastrianism had been the primary religion of the Persian people.
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The Iranian peoples (See[1] for local names) are a collection of ethnic groups defined by their usage of Iranian languages and their descent from ancient Iranian peoples.
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Zoroastrianism is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra, Zartosht). Mazdaism is the religion that acknowledges the divine authority of Ahura Mazda, proclaimed by Zoroaster to be the one uncreated Creator of
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Parsi (Gujarati: પારસી Pārsī, IPA: [ˈpa(ɾ).
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History of Iran 

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Zoroastrians in Iran have had a long history, being the oldest religious community of that nation to survive to the present-day. Prior to the Muslim Arab invasion and conquest of Persia, Zoroastrianism had been the primary religion of the Persian people.
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Parsi (Gujarati: પારસી Pārsī, IPA: [ˈpa(ɾ).
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Dari (Zoroastrian)}}}
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
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ISO 639-3: gbz Dari is a Northwestern Iranian[1]
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Yazd
يز?

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Kerman
کرما?

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Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई Mumbaī
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Karachi   (help info ) (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي
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Ardeshir Irani (December 5, 1886 - October 14, 1969) was a writer, film director, film producer, film actor, film distributor, film showman and cinematographer in the silent and sound eras of vintage Bollywood.
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Anosh Irani (born 1974) is an Indian-Canadian novelist and playwright. An Irani (like Parsi, but of recent Iranian extraction), he was born and raised in Mumbai, although he has indicated that he personally prefers the city's traditional English name, Bombay.
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Ardeshir Irani (December 5, 1886 - October 14, 1969) was a writer, film director, film producer, film actor, film distributor, film showman and cinematographer in the silent and sound eras of vintage Bollywood.
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Life in India
Arts and entertainment • Cinema • Citizenship • Climate • Cuisine • Culture • Demographics • Economy • Education • Flag • Foreign relations • Geography • Government • History • Holidays •
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Alam Ara (The Light of the World; 1931), directed by Ardeshir Irani, was the first Indian sound film.

Irani recognized the importance that sound would have on the cinema, and raced to complete Alam Ara
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Meher Baba (Persian: مهر بابا Devanāgarī: महर बाबा ), born Merwan Sheriar Irani (February 25, 1894 – January 31, 1969), was an Indian spiritual teacher who said he was the Avatar.
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Aruna Irani (Hindi: अरुणा ईरानी, Urdu: اَرُنا ایرانی) is an Indian actress of mixed Irani Zoroastrian and Hindu background.
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Boman Irani (born in 1962, Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian film and theatre actor.

Career

He started his career as a photographer, but soon expanded to theatre with a first cameo in Alyque Padamsee's play Roshni
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Jenni Irani
India (IND)

Batting style Right-hand bat (RHB)
Bowling type
Tests First-class
Matches 2 22
'''Runs scored 3 430
Batting average 3.00 17.
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England
Personal information
Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling style Right-arm medium (RM)

Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches 3 31
Runs scored
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Sir Dinshah Irani (November 4 1881-November 3, 1938) was an Indian lawyer and distinguished benefactor of the Zoroastrian communities of both India and Iran.

Dinshah Irani is most famous for founding the 'Iranian Zoroastrian Anjuman' in 1918 and of the 'Iran League' in 1922.
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Zoroastrianism is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra, Zartosht). Mazdaism is the religion that acknowledges the divine authority of Ahura Mazda, proclaimed by Zoroaster to be the one uncreated Creator of
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Anthem
Sorūd-e Mellī-e Īrān ²


Capital
(and largest city) Tehran

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Honey Irani is an award-winning Indian screenwriter. She is the former wife of Javed Akhtar and mother of director Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar.[1]

Honey Irani began her Bollywood career as a child actress with roles in films like
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Smriti Zubin Irani

Born

Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian actress and politician popularly known from the famous Hindi soap opera, Kyunki Saas Bhi abhi Bahu Thi, in which she used to play the main character of Tulsi Virani.
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50-60 million
(including all sub-groups)
Regions with significant populations
 Iran [1]
[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html#People]
 Tajikistan [2]
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