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'''Sir Dinshah Jijibhoy Irani''' (also transliterated as '''Dinshaw Jijiboy Irani''', and commonly known as '''D.J. Irani''') (November 4, 1881 – November 3, 1938) was an [[India]]n lawyer and distinguished benefactor of the [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] communities of both [[India]] and [[Iran]].

== Biography ==
Dinshah was born on 4 November 1881 in [[Mumbai]]. His family moved from Iran to India as part of a wave of migration that began during the 18th century. His paternal grandfather, Bomes, left [[Yazd]] with his son Jijibhoy to settle in India in the mid-nineteenth century. His mother, Piroja Bānu, was allegedly the granddaughter of Golestān Bānu, one of the original Iranian Zoroastrian migrants of the late 18th century. In 1901, he received a bachelor's degree in English and Persian literature at the [[University of Mumbai]]’s [[Elphinstone College]]. The following year, he was appointed as a teaching fellow in Persian at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]] in Mumbai; however, soon he abandoned his academic career. In 1904, he obtained a Bachelor of Laws and embarked on a legal career.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=IRANI, DINSHAH JIJIBHOY|date=2020-01-28|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/irani-dinshah|first=Afshin|last=Marashi|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|accessdate=2020-05-23}}</ref>

Dinshah (also transliterated as Dinshaw) Irani is most famous for founding the 'Iranian Zoroastrian Anjuman' in 1918 and of the 'Iran League' in 1922. Both organizations, like the earlier 'Persian Zoroastrian Amelioration Fund' established in 1854 by [[Dinshaw Maneckji Petit]], were founded with the aim of improving the conditions for the less fortunate Zoroastrian co-religionists in Iran. Dinshah's efforts to improve the conditions for that community were recognized in 1932 when he - along with fellow Indian [[Rabindranath Tagore]] - was invited to Iran as a special guest of the then [[Shahanshah]] [[Reza Shah Pahlavi]]. Irani was also an academic and published numerous works including a translation of the Gathas.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Marashi|first=Afshin|date=2013-03-01|title=Patron and Patriot: Dinshah J. Irani and the Revival of Indo-Iranian Culture|journal=Iranian Studies|volume=46|issue=2|pages=185–206|doi=10.1080/00210862.2012.758474|s2cid=162270553|issn=0021-0862}}</ref>

He was the father of [[Indian-American]] philosopher and academic [[Kaikhosrov D. Irani]] who was very active in the Zoroastrian community in [[New York City]].

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*[http://www.zoroastrian.org.uk/vohuman/Article/A%20noble%20son%20of%20the%20Zarathushtrian%20tradition.htm ''"A noble son of the Zarathushtrian tradition 'Dinshah Irani, Solicitor'"'', A Zoroastrian Educational Institute]

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