Parsis

The Parsis are a ethnic and religious group in India and Pakistan who follow Zoroastrianism. They are descendants of Persians who moved to the region to escape religious persecution during the Arab conquest of the Persian Empire. There are only around 60-70 thousand Parsis in both India and Pakistan.^[1][2][3][4]

Painting of a Sindhi (left) and a Parsi (right) from a series of twelve paintings, ca.1850 in Sindh, Pakistan.

The term "Parsi" comes from the Persian language word (پارسی), meaning "inhabitant of Pārs (Persia)" or Persian.^[5]