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The Parsis, as their name suggests, originate from ancient Persia and today form only a minute community in the world of religions, with barely 100,000 living in India, mostly in and around the city of Mumbai.
The arrival of Indian merchants, including Jains, Parsis, and Jews, turned Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta into large cities; the Company discovered a knack for large-scale administration.
The tiny but powerful community of Parsis brought Zoroastrianism from Iran, and its people shine in business today.
For instance, to avoid polluting the elements, Parsis do not bury or cremate their dead, but lay them exposed and naked on their famous Towers of Silence for the vultures to devour.
When it was revealed to the Governor of Chaldea that Hinduism was in fact a serious religion with too many faithful to treat in this way, another solution had to be found: Hindus, along with Parsis who had fled an earlier Muslim persecution in Persia, were given the privileged status of dhimmi, dues-paying non-believers.