Originally Posted by
Azbuzz
Good observation. Several other people also classified Parsi billionaires as Jewish looking on the apricity thread. It's been stated many times by Portuguese also. Any genetic connection you know of?
Father Anthony Monserrate was a Portuguese Jesuit who encountered Parsis on his journey through Gujarat to visit Akbar, the Mughal emperor, in Fatḥpur Sikri around 1580-83. He commented on their base in Navsari and noted their Persian ancestry. Like other Portuguese, he compared the Parsis to Jews “[i]n colour they are white but are extremely similar to the Jews in the rest of their physical and mental characteristics, in their dress and in their religion” (Firby, p. 91).
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