Murree Beer, 1860, was acquired by the Parsee Bhandara family in the 1960's. It was founded by Edward Dyer in the Punjabi Muslim occupied NorthWest Province of Afghanistan. He also ran the Dyer Meakin brewery in Simla. Murree is near Rawalpindi. Their ornate office building was seized by Pakistan, and continues to be the office of the countrie's president. You find Mari on the map in Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. 'Murree' accomodates the Scotch burr ! Hail to them all. eric. ps. For our friends abroad, "daru" is booze, and "mistry" is carpenter. Billmora in Gujerat is home to many Parsees: Billy cannot sell his Cobra beer in that prohibitioned quarter.
________________________________ From: Gabe Menezes Comment: Just today I saw a Ms Tobaccowalla on CNN< I guess she must be of Parsi origin. I think we had a Mistry build our house but he was Gujarati. Billimoria started the Cobra beer here in England! On 28 March 2013 12:54, Luis Vas <[email protected]> wrote: > Parsi Surnames > > This article appeared in The Tribune, > > There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had > to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in > turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who > would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest > Parsi surname I have come across). > > Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr. > Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr. > Jhunjhunwalla
