Exile and the Nation

“Groundbreaking. . . . There is little doubt [this book] will become foundational reading for any student of Iranian modernity and nationalism.” — Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies In the aftermath of the seventh-century Islamic conquest of Iran, Zoroastrians departed for India. Known as the Parsis, they slowly lost contact with their ancestral land until the nineteenth century, when steam-powered sea travel, the increased circulation of Zoroastrian-themed books, and the philanthropic