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CHAP. II.]
THE PRESENT BARONET.
111
Es. 50,000 for the purpose of building a high
school at Surat. He was a profound Persian scholar
and author of three works in the Gujarati language.
He died in the year 1881.
The present baronet, Sir Jamsheclji Jijibhai, is
the eldest son of the second baronet. He is a young-
man of the most amiable disposition, and, though
young in years, has been elected by the whole Parsi
community as its leader. His election to this
position was an event in the history of the Parsis.
About three thousand Parsis assembled at Albless
Bag on the clay of the meeting, and elected him
unanimously and amidst great enthusiasm as the
head of the Parsi community, a position which his
father and grandfather had held, in their cases not
by election but as natural leaders. He bears well and
creditably the hereditary honour which our gracious
Sovereign has bestowed upon his family, as well as
the additional distinctions conferred by his own com-
munity and the Government. In all public move-
ments he takes an enlightened lead, and is greatly
respected by all classes of the people. He is a member
of the Legislative Council of Bombay, and has recently
been favoured by Her Majesty the Queen-Empress of
India with the honour of a Companionship of the
Most Exalted Order of the Star of India.
Next in eminence to the first Parsi baronet was
the late Framji Kavasji Banaji. He commenced
THE PRESENT BARONET.
111
Es. 50,000 for the purpose of building a high
school at Surat. He was a profound Persian scholar
and author of three works in the Gujarati language.
He died in the year 1881.
The present baronet, Sir Jamsheclji Jijibhai, is
the eldest son of the second baronet. He is a young-
man of the most amiable disposition, and, though
young in years, has been elected by the whole Parsi
community as its leader. His election to this
position was an event in the history of the Parsis.
About three thousand Parsis assembled at Albless
Bag on the clay of the meeting, and elected him
unanimously and amidst great enthusiasm as the
head of the Parsi community, a position which his
father and grandfather had held, in their cases not
by election but as natural leaders. He bears well and
creditably the hereditary honour which our gracious
Sovereign has bestowed upon his family, as well as
the additional distinctions conferred by his own com-
munity and the Government. In all public move-
ments he takes an enlightened lead, and is greatly
respected by all classes of the people. He is a member
of the Legislative Council of Bombay, and has recently
been favoured by Her Majesty the Queen-Empress of
India with the honour of a Companionship of the
Most Exalted Order of the Star of India.
Next in eminence to the first Parsi baronet was
the late Framji Kavasji Banaji. He commenced