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The Followers of Meher Baba - Wikipedia Archive List
Followers of Meher Baba are people who have devoted their life to spiritual master Meher Baba. This is a list of mandali, close followers, and family members of Meher Baba who were physically with him during his lifetime and remained devoted to him all their lives.
Mehera Jehangir Irani – "Radha"
Shireen Sheriar Irani or Shireenmai (Baba's Mother – "Memo"
Sheriar Mundegar Irani or Shah-yar Moondegar Irani or Sheriarji (Baba's Father – "Bobo"
Beheram F. Irani (first disciple Behramji – "Buasaheb" or "Barrister"
Dr. Abdul Ghani Munsiff (Baba's boyhood friend – "Ghani"
Feramroz Hormsuji Dadachanji (Baba's first secretary – "Chanji"
Moreshwar Ramchandra Dhakephalkar (Began as teacher in Hazrat Babajan School - "Dhake"
Rustom Irani (Pendu's and Naja's father – "Masaji"
Sanjeevani Moreshwar Dhakephalkar (Dhake's wife
Munshi Rahim (devout Muslim in Kasba Peth – "Munshiji"
Naval C. Talati (influential person in Bombay
Khak Saheb (Manzil-e-Meem and Poona
Jamshed Sheriar Irani (Baba's elder brother, died in 1927
Walter and Hedi Mertens – Switzerland
Khodadad Farhad Irani (Manzil-e-Meem – "Nervous"
Sampath Aiyangar (devout Hindu – circle member in Madras, India
Swamiji (Vedic Pandit
Arjun Supekar (owned paan–tobacco shop in Kasba Peth
Kondiram (Hindu disciple in Manzil-e-Meem
Sayyed Jamadar (Poona and Manzil-e-Meem
Kaikhushru Keki Irani (boyhood friend – "Lattoos"
Faredoon Masa (Uncle, married to Shirinmai's sister Dowla
Khan Saheb Kaikhushru Irani (donated all Meherabad land
Biharilal (lived in Meherabad as mandali, late 1920s
Kaikhushru Masa (Soonamasi's husband – Bombay
Kunjbihari Choubey (translated Baba's Discourses into Hindi
Manek Ranji (old devotee in Rahuri, near Nasik, India
Sadhu Christian Leik (Estonian disciple – Meherabad 1920s
Nadirsha N. Dastur (lived in Meherabad as mandali late 1920s
Chowdhari (Kasba Peth and a cook in Manzil-e-Meem
Abdur Rehman (Manzil-e-Meem – "Barsoap"
Dowlat Padir (Meher Ashram student 1927
Lewis Charles Nelhams (first Christian mandali, died 1925
Garrett Elsden Fort (Hollywood screen play writer – suicide 1937
Jamboo Mama (Beheramji's maternal uncle – Poona
Quentin Tod (London actor, died of malnutrition in 1947
Sohrabji M. Desai (Gujarati literary scholar – Navsari, India
Gangaram Pawar (Hindu disciple in Manzil-e-Meem – "Ajoba"
Ahmed Khan Gavai (Muslim disciple in Manzil-e-Meem
Tehemtan (eldest son of Naoroji and Bachamai Dadachanji
Khodadad Moondegar Irani (Sheriar's elder brother – Iran
Shah Khodadad (Baba's cousin, 1st son of uncle Khodadad
Pulad Khodadad (Baba's cousin, 2nd son of uncle Khodadad
Swami Bhabhanand (suicide in 1941 from guilt for murder
Nusserwan Kerawala (Banu Satha's husband
Dr. Y. G. Karkal (medical physician who worked with the poor in hospital at Meherabad, 1920s; died in Meherabad, 1927
Genu Chambhar (Prem Ashram boy, liberated in 1929
John (Meher Ashram student – Christian
Ram Nath (Meher Ashram student – Hindu
Bala Supekar (brother of Arjun Supekar – Lonavla, India
Ali Akbar Jr. (Persian Prem Ashram Boy, renamed "Majnun"
Abdulla Pakrawan (Prem Ashram boy – "Chhota Baba"
Sohrabji Vakil (Parsi devotee from Surat
Faredoon Irani (Baidul's son – Meher Ashram student
Beheram Irani (Baidul's son – died young in Iran, 1930s
Hormazdiar Irani (Baidul's son – died young in Iran, 1930s
Bapu Ghante (Brahmin in Poona and Manzil-e-Meem
Kashinath (the laundryman at Manzil-e-Meem – "Kashiya"
Lala Pathan (watchman in Ranchi, Nasik and Meherabad
Chintaman Rao (devotee from Ahmednagar
Beheram M. Desai (Mansari's father – Navsari
Ardeshir N. Desai (Keki Desai's father – Delhi
Manekji Confectioner (Kaka Baria's sister's husband
N. Namdar Dastur (Parsi – worked in Meher Ashram school
Rustom Dinyar (lived as mandali at Meherabad, late 1920s
Bhausaheb (Dattu Mehendarge's father
Rashid Khusroo Irani (Meher Ashram boy – Jaffrabad, Iran
Jamshed Beheram Sheermard (Baidul's father–in–law – Iran
Sheermard Khorband Irani (Prem Ashram boy from Iran
Esfandiar Vesali (Prem Ashram boy from Iran
Sohrab Jehangir Irani (Parsi from Iran
Khan Bahadur Pudumji (influential person in Bombay
Palanji Motiwala (close friend of Papa Jessawala's – Jabalpur, India
Motabava Khajotia (elderly Jessawala family friend – Nagpur, India
Naoroji R. Satha (Gaimai Jessawala's saintly father – Nagpur
Merwan Kaikhushru Irani (member of Kaikhushru family
Golvadwala Sohrabji Irani (Masaji's cousin – "the Old Man"
Golvadwala's son (died young
Dhunjibhoy Kerawala (Jal Kerawala's father – Nagpur
Sakkur (faithful servant in Prem Ashram
Beheram Rustom Salengi (Baba's personal servant
Ardeshir Khodaram Irani (Meher Ashram schoolboy
Rustom B. Irani (Bomanji's brother – Karachi
Kaikhusroo (owner of an ice cream shop Baba frequented
Hormuzd Boman Irani (Pilamai's husband – Karachi
Kasam (Ramjoo Abdulla's son – died young
Faredoon Irani (Dowla Mondi's son – Poona
Otto Billo (father of Irene Billo in Switzerland
Rustom Jehangir Irani (Baily's brother – Poona
Sohrab Rustom Irani (Sailor's brother – Poona
Bejanji Ramji (friend of Soma Desai – Navsari, India
Dr. K. Daruwala (medical physician in Meher Ashram
Jamshed Mehta (friend of Mahatma Gandhi – Karachi
Sadashiv Patel's uncle (Hindu in Poona
Jaka Seth (Ramjoo Abdulla's father–in–law – Lonavla, India
Jamshed Irani (one of Baba's several cousins – Bombay
Khodadad Masa (Uncle, married to Shireenmai's sister, Banu
Arjun Supekar's father (Hindu in Kasba Peth
Jal Kerawala (Papa Jessawala's friend – influential in Nagpur, India
Jehangir Damania (Shireen Satha's husband – Ahmednagar
Rustom L. Elavia (Gustadji Hansotia's cousin – Gujarat, India
Sohrab Mavali (Parsi devotee
Rashid Irani (Baba's cousin, son of Khodadad and Banu
Hormusdiar Beheram Irani (Zoroastrian – Khooramshar, Iran
Faredoon Irani (nicknamed by Baba – "Pedroo"
Babu (Anna 104's brother-in-law – Ahmednagar
Dinshaw (Baba's Uncle, Shireenmai's brother – Poona
Nonny Gayley (mother of Rano Gayley – New York
Countess Nadine Tolstoy (Russian – married to Leo Tolstoy's son
Mabel Ryan (ballet friend of Margaret Craske – London – "Firozeh"
Dowla Masi F. Irani (Shireenmai's sister – Lonavla, India
Pilamasi R. Irani (Pendu's and Naja's mother – Poona
Kakubai Deorukhar (Vishnu's mother – Poona
Naja B. Irani (Sailor's first wife – Kasba Peth – "Najudi"
Bachamai (Naoroji Dadachanji's wife – Bombay
Jibboo Irshad (Ramjoo Abdulla's daughter – died young
Freny Masi N. Driver (Padri's mother – Daulatmai's sister
Yeshoda Gadekar (Gadekar's mother – Ahmednagar
Kamlabai Dhakephalkar (Dhake's first wife – Ahmednagar
Mrs. Kalemama (wife of Kalemama – Ahmednagar
Christine McNaughton (Scottish girl, came to India in 1933. Killed during a German air raid on London in 1941
Shanti (daughter of Kaka Shahane – Ahmednagar
Gita S. Patel (Sadashiv's wife – Poona
Banubai M. Confectioner (Kaka Baria's sister – very devout
Banubai Lakdawala (Nargis Kotwal's paternal aunt – Bombay
Khorshed Pastakia (devoted Parsi – Karachi, Pakistan
Banu Irani (Baidul's daughter – died young
Zohra Pirzade (Sayyed Saheb's wife – Nasik, India
Daughter of Sayyed Saheb (died young
Mrs. Burjor Dahiwala (neighbor near Manzil-e-Meem ashram
Dhakubai (Arangaon villager – willed her property to Baba
Khodabad Circlewala's daughter (Dairyman's wife – Bombay
Mehera Khodaram Irani (wife of cinema owner – Nasik, India
C. D. Deshmukh's mother (devout Hindu – Nagpur, India
Shirinbai Sohrab Irani (Mehera J. Irani and Padri's saintly maternal grandmother – Poona
Bhikaiji N. Hansotia (Gustadji's mother – Gujarat, India
Dhondibai (Baba's nanny when he was infant – Poona
Sita (worked as cook at Meherabad – Arangaon villager
Helena Davy (mother of Herbert and Kitty Davy – London
Dinamai Satha (wife of Jemi Satha – Ahmednagar
Shanta (Meherabad servant, wife of Kashiya – laundryman
Sunder Bhagaji (loyal servant at Meherabad
Bhikaiji Desai (member of large Parsi family – Navsari
Baijimai Boman Desai (Soma Desai's sister – Navsari
Jagannath Gangaram Jakkal – "Anna 104"
Anna Jakkal (wife of Anna 104 – Ahmednagar
Rawatmani (Aunt, wife of Shireenmai's brother, Dinshaw
Chingutai (Kalemama's daughter – Ahmednagar
Pila Homi (Homi Satha's wife – Ahmednagar
Khorshedmai Damania (nicknamed "Fuimai" – means "Father's sister"
Maina Patel (Sadashiv's daughter – died young
Jeejabai (Sadashiv Patel's mother–in–law – Poona
Gustadji (or Gustadjee Hansotia (Baba's best friend and "Shadow"
– God-realized upon death in 1958 at Meherazad
Daulatmai (Mehera J. and Freiny J. Irani's saintly mother
Gulmai K. Irani (Baba's "Spiritual mother" – Ahmednagar
Rustom K. Irani (Adi K. Irani's elder brother, hermit in Rishikesh
Dr. Nilu Godse (killed in Udtara auto accident, 1956 – died in Baba's physical presence,
as he wished
Vishnu Deorukhar (under Baba's guidance since teenager – reincarnation of the French Emperor Napoleon I
Rustom Jafrabadi – "Baidul"
Khodadad K. Irani – "Asthma"
Khodadad Rustom Irani, (nicknamed "Khodu," then "Sailor"
Kim Tolhurst – "Ayisha"
Gabriel Pascal (Hollywood film producer, Baba's "Phoenix" and "Panther"
Margaret Scott
Malcolm Schloss (poet – co–founder with Jean Adriel of Meher Mount in Ojai, California in 1948
Princess Norina Matchabelli (co–founder with Elizabeth Patterson of the Meher Spiritual Center in 1945 – "Noorjehan" meaning "light of the world"
Terry Duce (Ivy O. Duce's husband – big oil businessman
Will and Mary Backett (Baba's "Archangels" – England
Charles B. Purdom (literary scholar, biographer and editor
Douglas Eve (friend of Charles Purdom in London
Warren Healey (printed literature about Baba in America
Beryl Williams (New Yorker, distributed Baba's photographs in America sent from India by sister Mani
Elizabeth Chapin Patterson (Founder of the Meher Spiritual Center – "Dilruba"
Kitty Davy – "Saroja"
Zillah Brown (Kitty Davy's niece – "Mumtaz"
Margaret Craske – "Zulekha"
Delia DeLeon – "Leyla"
Ruth White – Baba's "Old Soldier"
Jane Barry Haynes
Dr. Charles C. Haynes, (Dr. of Divinity and senior scholar of Vanderbilt University's First Amendment Center
Wendy Haynes
John Haynes
Ann Conlon
Darwin and Jean Shaw
Phyllis and Lyn Ott (artists who met Baba in 1965, established residence on Meher Spiritual Center in 1966 – "Phylyn"
Tom and Yvonne Riley
Fred and Ella Winterfeldt – "Fredella"
Frank Eaton (original caretaker for the Meher Spiritual Center
Harold and Virginia Rudd
Ralph and Stella Hernandez
Kecha & Henry Kashouty
Erwin and Edward Luck – Baba's "Divine Idiots"
Rick Chapman (nicknamed "Moochewalla" – means "the man with the mustache"
Robert Dreyfuss (Hitchhiked to India and met Baba in 1964
Dana Field (eccentric dietician, slept on the floor with Baba's pictures on his bed
John Bass (New York
Irene Billo – Switzerland
Murshida Rabia Martin (first Murshida of Sufism in America, appointed by Hazrat Inayat Khan brought the Sufis to Baba
Don E. Stevens (wrote introduction to God Speaks
Murshida Ivy Oneita Duce (First Murshida of Sufism Reoriented
Charmian Duce Knowles (Daughter of Ivy Duce
Filis Frederick (editor of Awakener Magazine and Adele Wolkin – "Filadele"
Agnes Barron (Lived at Meher Mount in Ojai, California
Ludwig H. Dimpfl (Wrote glossary for God Speaks
Herbert Davy (Brother of Kitty Davy
Jeanne Robinson Adriel (Wrote the book, Avatar
Manija Sheriar Irani (Baba's little sister, "Mani"
Dr. Goher Rustom Irani - "Dr. Goher"
Arnavaz N. Dadachanji
Mani Beheram Desai – "Mansari"
Meheru Rustom Irani
Naja Rustom Irani
Khorshed Kaikhushru Irani
Katie Rustom Irani (Goher's sister
Madeleine E. Gayley or "Rano Gayley" (Artist. Painted Theme of Creation chart for God Speaks
Anita De Caro Vieillard – "Chuchulu"
Roger Viellard (Chuchulu's husband
Faredoon Nawrosjee Driver – "Padri"
Eruch Byramshaw Jessawala - "Eruch"
Byramshaw Jessawala (Eruch's father – "Papa Jessawala"
Gaimai Byramshaw Jessawala (Eruch's mother
Meherwan Byramshaw Jessawala (Eruch's brother
Manu Byramshaw Jessawala (Eruch's sister
Meheru Jessawala (Eruch's sister
Sam and Roshan Kerawalla
Adi Kaikhushru Irani (Baba's second secretary, known as Adi K. Irani
Adi Sheriar Irani (Baba's brother "Adi, Jr."
Gulu A. Irani (Adi Jr.'s first wife and Viloo's younger sister, who died after giving birth to Adi's son and Baba's nephew Dara Irani
Freni Irani (Adi Jr.s second wife - Ahmednagar
Ali Akbar Shapurzaman – "Aloba"
Aspandiar Rustom Irani – "Pendu"
Chintaman Vishnu Natu - "Bal"
Jal Sheriar Irani (Baba's brother
Dolly and Jal Dastoor
Dr. Chakradkar Dharnidharr Deshmukh (Indian professor of philosophy and original editor of Meher Baba's Discourses, credited as Dr. C.D. Deshmukh
Francis Brabazon (Australian poet, founded Avatar's Abode
Bill Le Page – Australia
Dr. Harry Kenmore (Baba's chiropractor
Vir Singh Kalchuri or "Bhau Kalchuri" (Baba's night watchman, author, and chairman of Avatar Meher Baba Trust – "Bhauji"
Dr. William Donkin (Wrote The Wayfarers about Baba's work with the masts
Ramjoo Abdulla (Author of Ramjoo's Diaries
A. R. Abdulla (Ramjoo Abdulla's son
Tukaram Chawan (Mohammed the Mast
Sarosh and Viloo Irani (Sarosh was elected mayor of Ahmednagar in 1952
Dara and Amrit Irani (Dara is Baba's nephew and Meher Baba performed their wedding in 1968
Rustom and Sorab Irani (Baba's twin nephews
Nariman Dadachanji
Will & Mary Backett
Graham and Lettice Stokes (Baba stayed in their house in Greenwich Village in 1932
Keki and Freiny Nalavala
Naosherwan Nalavala (editor of The Glow – "Anzar"
Parmeshwari Dayal Nigam (Hamirpur – "Pukar"
Keshav Narayan Nigam – Hamirpur
Dr. Ram Gundo Ginde (famous Bombay surgeon who wrote Baba's death certificate
Minoo Kharas
Eruchshaw – "Pesu"
Ruano Bogislav – "The Eagle"
Marion Florsheim – "Energy"
Tex Hightower
Bili Eaton
Sylvia Gaines
Mildred Kyle
Laura and Lee Delavigne (Sufis – Baba's "neighbors"
Kaikobad Feram Dastur (Parsi priest, God-realized at time of death
Andy and Peggy Muir
Kaikhushru J. Pleader (Kept in a room for two and a half years only on milk. God-realized at time of death.
Savak and Nargis Kotwal
Savak and Nargis Kotwal's family, Hilla, Najoo and Adi
Soli Kotwal (brother of Savak Kotwal – Bombay
Venkoba Rao
Kaka Baria
Kaka Shahane
Valu Pawar
Slamson (Gustadji's brother
Krishna Nair
Amrathlal K. Deshi
Jim and Rhoda Mistry
Adi and Rhoda Dubash
Anna Kale
Murli Kale
Chhagan
Pandurang S. Deshmukh (whom Baba called Pandoba
Feram B. Workingboxwala
Bhagubai (Jamadar's wife
Dowla (Baidul's daughter
Kakubai Deorukhar
Jangle Master
Muktabai (Jangle's wife
Naggu (Meheru's sister
Nargis (Savak's wife
Pilamai Hormuzd
Radhabai (Sidhu's wife
Sarwar (Baidul's daughter
Shantabai (Chhagan's wife
Silla (Pilamai's daughter
Soltoon (Baidul's wife
Soonamasi Engineer (Mother of Dolly Dastur
Soonamasi Irani (Mother of Small Khorshed
Small Khorshed
Bala Tambat
Ramchandra Bapu Kale – "Kalemama"
Kuppuswami
Lala Kamble
Ramchander Gaikwad
Sidhu Kamble
Rama, Sheela, and Mehernath Kalchuri
Shatrugna Kumar
Edward (Ned and Dorothea (Dottie Foote
Elizabeth Sacalis
Deirdre Eaton
Virginia Gloor Sadowsky
Donald Mahler
Viola Slayton Farber
Peter Saul
Mik Hamilton (met Baba in 1966 after traveling for years on the road
Gulnar and Jehangu Sukhadwalla (Baba's niece and her husband
Sam Cohen
Edith Bradbury
Fred Marks
Robert and Yvonne Antoni
Andreé Aron
Alfredo and Consuella de Sides
Bunty Kelly Bernstein
Bernice Ivory
Leatrice Shaw Johnston
Hoshang Bharucha
Cowas Vesuna
Phillipe Dupuis