Dastur Peshotan Behramji Sanjana
Indian scholar and Zoroastrian head-priest
About Dastur Peshotan Behramji Sanjana
Lived 1829 – 1898 (aged 68–69).
Dastur Peshutan Behramji Sanjana (1828–26 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.
In 1904 a Festschrift was published in his honour with an introduction by Edward William West.
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Who was Dastur Peshotan Behramji Sanjana?
Indian scholar and Zoroastrian head-priest
When was Dastur Peshotan Behramji Sanjana born?
Dastur Peshotan Behramji Sanjana was born in 1829.
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Dastur Peshotan Behramji Sanjana died on 26 December 1898.
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