Description:

After the British conquest of Aden in 1839 A.D., and its declaration as a free port, several Indian traders, including Hindus, Muslims and Parsis, started settling down in this thriving city. According to the 1872 census, there were only 121 Parsis out of the total population of 19,289 of Aden, but by 1911 census, the number of Parsis living in Aden increased to 384, of which 268 were men and 116 were women.