History of the Parsis : including their manners, customs, religion and present position : with coloured and other illustrations : in two volumes

46 AISTORY OF THE PARSTS. [CHAP. I.

* and a police force of

Government, with “thanas” his own, and with armed Arab and Makrani sepoys for watch and ward, Mr. Manakji almost possesses the state of a little chief. This picture of individual importance, unique of its kind, is as gratifying to the feelings of Parsis as the more numerous examples of prosperity exhibited by the merchant

princes of Bombay.

1 Revenue and police stations.