Dastur Peshotan Behramji Sanjana

Indian scholar and Zoroastrian head-priest From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dastur Peshutan Behramji Sanjana (182826 December 1898) was an Indian scholar and Zoroastrian head-priest (Dastur). He was Principal of the Sir Jamshedji Jijibhoy Zartoshti (Zoroastrian) Madressa (seminary) in Bombay, and the Dastur (‘high-priest’) of the Wadia Atash Behram (fire temple). Sanjana was one of the most learned high-priests and authorities on Pahlavi of his time.[1] In 1904 a Festschrift was published in his honour with an introduction by Edward William West.[2]

Born1828 (1828)
Died26 December 1898(1898-12-26) (aged 69–70)
ChildrenDarab Dastur Peshutan Sanjana
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Dastur Peshutan Behramji Sanjana
Born1828 (1828)
Died26 December 1898(1898-12-26) (aged 69–70)
ChildrenDarab Dastur Peshutan Sanjana
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InstitutionsSir Jamshedji Jijibhoy Zartoshti Madressa, University of Mumbai
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