Khambhat flourished as a commercial hub for Parsis till the advent of Surat
Farrokh Jijina
While the year of the arrival of Parsis in Khambhat is hazy, it is certain that this town, about 90 kms from Ahmedabad in Gujarat, "was one of the first Parsi settlements,” noted Dr Meher Mistry, speaking on "Exploring Khambhat — An early Parsi settlement” at a virtual talk organized by The K. R. Cama Oriental Institute on September 30, 2021. A prominent port in medieval times, only one Parsi family remains in that town, she noted. "We can only make inferences from the dates in the Qisse-i Sanjan… there could have been economic factors behind the Zoroastrian migration from......