Jivanji Jamshedji Modi
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Dr. Sir Ervad Jivanji Jamshedji Modi (1854-1933), who also carried the title of Shams-ul-Ulama, was a prominent Zoroastrian India
n priest, scholar and community leader. One of "the most decorated priests in history", 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. During his lifetime he had been called "the greatest living authority on the ancient history and customs of the Parsis."
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n priest, scholar and community leader. One of "the most decorated priests in history", 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. During his lifetime he had been called "the greatest living authority on the ancient history and customs of the Parsis."
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 Legion d’Honneur (France, 1925)
- Officier de Croix de Merit (Hungary 1925)
- British Knighthood (1930)
- LL.D. (Honoris Causa, Bombay University 1931)