Dr. Sir Ervad Jivanji Jamshedji Modi (1854-1933), who also carried the title of Shams-ul-Ulama, was a prominent Zoroastrian 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]
Honors and awards
- B.A. (Bombay University, 1876)
- Fellow of the University of Bombay (1887)
- Dip. Litteris et Artibus (Sweden, 1889)
- Shams-Ul-Ulama (Government of British India, 1893)
- Officier d’Academie (France, 1898)
- Officier de l’Instruction Publique (France, 1903)
- Ph.D. (Honoris Causa, Heidelberg, 1912)
- Honorary Correspondent of the Archaeological Department of the Government of India (1914)
- C.I.E. (1917); Campbell Medalist B.B. Royal Asiatic Society (1918)
- Honorary Member of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (1923)
- Chevalier de Légion d'honneur (France, 1925)
- Officier de Croix de Merit (Hungary 1925)
- British Knighthood (1930)
- LL.D. (Honoris Causa, Bombay University 1931)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shams-Ul-Ulama Dr. Sir Ervad Jivanji Jamshedji Modi. Vohuman.org.
- ↑ Zoroastrian Heroes: Jivanji Jamshedji Modi. Zoroastrian Association of Victoria.
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