Jivanji Jamshedji Modi
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Sir Ervad Jivanji Jamshedji Modi (1854–1933), who also carried the title of Shams-ul-Ulama, was a prominent Zoroastrian Parsi-Indian priest, scholar and community leader in Bombay. One of "the most decorated priests in history",[1] he wrote over 70 books, produced over 120 scholarly papers on Zoroastrian history, traveled and researched into Zoroastrian affairs extensively and was instrumental in organizing the Parsi community in India.[1][2] During his lifetime he had been called "the greatest living authority on the ancient history and customs of the Parsis."[1] He created a facsimile edition of the Middle Persian legal treatise, Mādayān ī Hazār Dādestān in 1901.[3][4]
- The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees (1922)
- My Travels Outside Bombay (written in Gujarati (1926)
