Maneckji Limji Hataria (1813–1890) was an Indian scholar and civil rights activist of ParsiZoroastrian descent, who took up the cause of the Zoroastrians of Iran.
Maneckji was born at the village of Mora Sumali near Surat, in Gujarat, India in 1813;[2] and as he himself tells, earned his own bread from the age of fifteen, traveling widely as a commercial agent in India. By the time of his appointment, he was already experienced, self-reliant and resourceful, and his choice by the Society proved a wholly admirable one. He is remembered among the Zoroastrians of Iran, for whom he was to labor, with only one brief intermission from then until his death in 1890.[3]
Activities in Iran
In 1854 Hataria was appointed emissary by the "Persian Zoroastrian Amelioration Fund", an organization founded in Bombay by Dinshaw Maneckji Petit with the aim of improving the conditions for the less fortunate co-religionists in Iran, who were being persecuted by the Qajar rulers.
In Yazd, Hataria established a Council of Zoroastrians, which succeeded in convincing a number of Iranian Zoroastrians to emigrate to India (where they are today known as Parsis). Hataria may also have been instrumental in obtaining a remission of the jizya poll tax for his co-religionists in 1882.[1]
Manekji preached the advantages of collective social work and communal unity. He urged the Zoroastrians of Yazd and Kerman to form anjuman societies, based somewhat on the pattern of the Bombay Parsi Panchayet. Reports of early activities, sent by Manekji to Bombay, show that amongst other matters, the Kerman society attended to the restoration of the fire temple there. Similarly, hearing of the efforts of Manekji, the Bombay Parsis (led by BaronetDinshaw Maneckji Petit, whose wife Sakarbai Petit (née Pandey) was from her mother's side of Iranian ancestry) collected funds for the repair of the Yazd Atash Behram[4] (not the same as the present one, which dates to 1932). A bust of Manekji stands in the entrance gallery of the present-day Atash Behram at Yazd.[1]
He founded the first boys-only school for the small community in Tehran in 1860, and later in Yazd and Kerman with money from the Amelioration Society. By 1882 there were, twelve Zoroastrian schools providing secular, Western-style education. He also brought in Parsi teachers from India to teach the Zoroastrian boys and girls in Iran. This enabled them to enhance their lives, and laid the knowledge framework for the community’s future prosperity, as well as political participation, and re-entry into the broader Iranian society[1]
Association with thinkers and writers of Nasseri era
Maneckji Limji Hataria was the first envoy of Indian Parsis with the history of being interested in Iran and ancient relics of Iran as well as being affected by Neo Zoroastrian or Dasatiri text entered Iran. Despite his first mission was ameliorating the situation of Zoroastrian lives in Iran, but because of the reasons which were mentioned, a little later he was linked to the scholars and writers of Iran in Nasseri era.[5]
^Hajianpour, H., & Aidi, A. (2017). Maneckji Limji Hataria and His Iranism Interactions with Elites of the Naaser-al-ddinshah Era (1847-1895). Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 6(4), 212-232.
Further reading
Autobiographical:
Hataria, Manekji Limji (1865). . Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2006. (An English language translation of Hataria's own report)
Biographical:
Boyce, Mary (1969). "Maneckji Limji Hataria in Iran".
Deboo, Malcolm Minoo (2006). "Seth Maneckji Limji Hataria: The Martin Luther King of Zoroastrianism".
Maneckji Limji Hataria's Vision for Iranian Zoroastrians
Hajianpour, H., & Aidi, A. (2017). Maneckji Limji Hataria and His Iranism Interactions with Elites of the Naaser-al-ddinshah Era (1847-1895). Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 6(4), 212–232.
maneckji, limji, hataria, 1813, 1890, indian, scholar, civil, rights, activist, parsi, zoroastrian, descent, took, cause, zoroastrians, iran, born2, january, 1813, mora, sumali, surat, district, british, indiadied15, february, 1890, 1890, aged, tehrannationali. Maneckji Limji Hataria 1813 1890 was an Indian scholar and civil rights activist of Parsi Zoroastrian descent who took up the cause of the Zoroastrians of Iran Maneckji Limji HatariaBorn2 January 1813 1 Mora Sumali Surat district British IndiaDied15 February 1890 1890 02 15 aged 77 TehranNationalityIndianOccupationCivil rights activistSpouse s HirabayiFarangis Hormazdyar ḴosrobandarChildren2Maneckji Limji Hataria Contents 1 Early life 2 Activities in Iran 3 Association with thinkers and writers of Nasseri era 4 References 5 Further readingEarly life EditManeckji was born at the village of Mora Sumali near Surat in Gujarat India in 1813 2 and as he himself tells earned his own bread from the age of fifteen traveling widely as a commercial agent in India By the time of his appointment he was already experienced self reliant and resourceful and his choice by the Society proved a wholly admirable one He is remembered among the Zoroastrians of Iran for whom he was to labor with only one brief intermission from then until his death in 1890 3 Activities in Iran EditIn 1854 Hataria was appointed emissary by the Persian Zoroastrian Amelioration Fund an organization founded in Bombay by Dinshaw Maneckji Petit with the aim of improving the conditions for the less fortunate co religionists in Iran who were being persecuted by the Qajar rulers In Yazd Hataria established a Council of Zoroastrians which succeeded in convincing a number of Iranian Zoroastrians to emigrate to India where they are today known as Parsis Hataria may also have been instrumental in obtaining a remission of the jizya poll tax for his co religionists in 1882 1 Manekji preached the advantages of collective social work and communal unity He urged the Zoroastrians of Yazd and Kerman to form anjuman societies based somewhat on the pattern of the Bombay Parsi Panchayet Reports of early activities sent by Manekji to Bombay show that amongst other matters the Kerman society attended to the restoration of the fire temple there Similarly hearing of the efforts of Manekji the Bombay Parsis led by Baronet Dinshaw Maneckji Petit whose wife Sakarbai Petit nee Pandey was from her mother s side of Iranian ancestry collected funds for the repair of the Yazd Atash Behram 4 not the same as the present one which dates to 1932 A bust of Manekji stands in the entrance gallery of the present day Atash Behram at Yazd 1 He founded the first boys only school for the small community in Tehran in 1860 and later in Yazd and Kerman with money from the Amelioration Society By 1882 there were twelve Zoroastrian schools providing secular Western style education He also brought in Parsi teachers from India to teach the Zoroastrian boys and girls in Iran This enabled them to enhance their lives and laid the knowledge framework for the community s future prosperity as well as political participation and re entry into the broader Iranian society 1 Association with thinkers and writers of Nasseri era EditManeckji Limji Hataria was the first envoy of Indian Parsis with the history of being interested in Iran and ancient relics of Iran as well as being affected by Neo Zoroastrian or Dasatiri text entered Iran Despite his first mission was ameliorating the situation of Zoroastrian lives in Iran but because of the reasons which were mentioned a little later he was linked to the scholars and writers of Iran in Nasseri era 5 References Edit a b c d HATARIA MANEKJI LIMJI Encyclopedia Iranica K E Eduljee Parsi Influence Surat Zoroastrian Heritage Maneckji Limji Hataria in Iran English Zoroastrian Library reprinted from K R Cama Oriental Institute Golden Jubilee Volume Bombay 1969 Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit Hajianpour H amp Aidi A 2017 Maneckji Limji Hataria and His Iranism Interactions with Elites of the Naaser al ddinshah Era 1847 1895 Journal of History Culture and Art Research 6 4 212 232 Further reading EditAutobiographical Hataria Manekji Limji 1865 A Parsi Mission to Iran Archived from the original on 26 September 2007 Retrieved 22 August 2006 An English language translation of Hataria s own report Biographical Boyce Mary 1969 Maneckji Limji Hataria in Iran Deboo Malcolm Minoo 2006 Seth Maneckji Limji Hataria The Martin Luther King of Zoroastrianism Maneckji Limji Hataria s Vision for Iranian Zoroastrians Hajianpour H amp Aidi A 2017 Maneckji Limji Hataria and His Iranism Interactions with Elites of the Naaser al ddinshah Era 1847 1895 Journal of History Culture and Art Research 6 4 212 232 Soroushian Mehrborzin 2006 Manekji Limji Hateria Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maneckji Limji Hataria amp oldid 1131768918, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
