It was interesting to read the review of the book on the Parsis of Mhow ("Mhow, a mine of material,” Books, Parsiana, September 7, 2016).
Some interesting details need to be added. MHOW was an acronym created by the British Infantry for "Military Headquarters of War.”
The prominent family of Cooverji Dinshaw Masalawala deserves mention. (The four sons dropped the surname and became Dinshaw.) Cooverji was believed to be the richest Parsi of Central India (CI), having had 17 contracts to provide supplies for the British and Indian armies. During the 1857 Mutiny his family was left untouched as he had placed......