Are indian Parsis really persians immigrated to india, so why r they more like indians rather than persians?

Question

they claim they r pure persians, never been mixed, but they r really ugly! and persians r really different from them!

hey, i c some pple here got offended here, i realy didn't want to bother anyone when i said there r uglier than persians, but once i was curios so i registed to an indian website called "Shaadi.com" and searched for parsi male and female pics, and i was really shocked from what I saw theere, persians are really elegant and beautiful, it's not my words, u can ask everyone living in middles east, but i didn't saw any diffence bewteen a parsi appreance and an indian one! logically u must have been mixed with them trough these long years!

Answer 1

A Parsi or Parsee is a member of the close-knit Zoroastrian community in or from the Indian subcontinent, and is a descendant of people who, in the 8th century, emigrated to the west coast of India from Persia to escape religious persecution after the Islamic conquest.

Followers of the Zoroastrian faith - irrespective of whether they are from India or elsewhere - are not necessarily Parsis. The modern legal definition of "Parsi" (see below) explicitly includes only persons who are descended from the original Persian immigrants. Although such a definition may initially appear elitist, it has legal and traditional reasons and ramifications (see below). The term Parsi itself means Persian
Although the Parsis of India originally emigrated from Persia, they no longer have social or familial ties to Persians, and do not share language or recent history with them. Over the centuries since the first Zoroastrians arrived in India, the Parsis have integrated themselves into Indian society while simultaneously maintaining their own distinct customs and traditions (and thus ethnic identity). This in turn has given the Parsi community a rather peculiar standing - they are Indians in terms of national affiliation (as the number of notable Parsis in the Indian Independence Movement attests), but Persians in terms of ethnicity, creed, traditions and customs.

One study supports the Parsi contention [2] that they have maintained their Persian roots by avoiding intermarriage with local populations[1][2]. In that 2002 study [3], Y-chromosome (patrilineal) DNA of the Parsis of Pakistan suggests that the Parsis are genetically closer to Iranians than to their neighbours. However, a 2004 study [4], in which Parsi mitochondrial DNA (matrilineal) was compared with that of the Iranians and Gujaratis, indicates Parsis are genetically closer to Gujaratis than to Iranians, and suggests "a male-mediated migration of the ancestors of the present-day Parsi population, where they admixed with local females, [...] leading ultimately to the loss of mtDNA of Iranian origin."

Answer 2

Iranians of today are genetically different from the Iranians of antiquity (Persians prior to the 7th century). After the Bedouin Arabs of the Rashidun caliphate destroyed the Persian empire (in the 7th century), the victors raped the vanquished. Following the Arabs, the Turks, Mongols and Central Asians all ruled over Iran/Persia and mingled with the local population. The Parsis on the other hand may have mingled with Indians during their early years. Moreover, since they have been living in the Indian climate for 1500 years, their appearance may have altered to some extent. Although there are quite a few Iranians that look like Indians or Arabs.

Answer 3

I have no sources to back my claims, but my understanding is that Parsis do not marry outside their community. So, as Parsis a small group to start with and do not induct more people, after a few generations everyone was related to everyone else. Having kids within a family is not considered genetically healthy. If they were a much larger group initially, they might not have faced this problem.

Answer 4

Parsis definately have different features than other Indians!Their gallions 1st arrived at Navsaree in Gujrat.There's a 1000 yr old cinegogue near Navsaree.& they r'nt ugly at all!!its true they don't marry o/s community which is why their population is depleting!
A very gud community!!!

Answer 5

I agree with you as the perisans are way far more ugly than the parsis. Parsis people are like handsome gods to the persian people.

Answer 6

For me you look UGLY!!!