Parsis of Deccan

Parsi women were leaders in emancipation; Amy Dhunjishah Mistry taught embroidery for economically uplifting women and designed embroidered garments for the Nizam's household. Here we see some of her prize winning work. Single thread embroidered portrait of Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan Bhadur Asaf Jha VII and Prophet Zarathustra.