Background
There her father Dorabji opened a small tea shop.
There her father Dorabji opened a small tea shop.
By an unusual set of circumstances, at the age of five Shireen was engaged to Sheriar Mundegar Irani, a spiritual mendicant who had spent many years of his life as a wandering dervish and ascetic and was 25 years her senior. However Piroja went to Shireen"s mother Golandoon and arranged for a marriage that took place when Shireen was 14. Constrained by his promise, Sheriar was obliged to settle down and begin a householder"s life and find work.
He first worked as a gardener, then took charge of an estate, and afterwards opened a tea-shop like Shireen"s father, which later expanded into a successful Palm wine business.
She was 65.