( Soona Irani )

Soona Masi Irani. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

Born :3rd April 1884

Died : 3rd April 1973 ( 89 y.o.)

Married : Kaikhushru Zaveri Beheram Irani

Children : Khorshed "Small"

Parents : ? Her parents came from Kerman, Iran

Siblings : Gulmai - sister, Minochershaw (Dr.) - brother

Meher Baba gave her the nickname "Sneezy" after the dwarf in Snow White film.

He also stated that she was the "Gatekeeper of Heaven"

Nationality : Indian

Soonamai & her husband Kaikhushru "Masa" Irani. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

Soona's husband Kaikhushru Zaveri Beheram Irani. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

Courtesy of Lord Meher Vol.5 p.1711. Soonamasi is 2nf from the left - seated.

Image rendition by Anthony Zois

Courtesy of MN Collection

LM ; p.5922

Meher Baba with Soonamai & her sister Gulmai Irani on tour in India. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

India, possibly Agra : Meher Baba with sisters - Soonamasi & Gulmai Irani : Courtesy of MN Collection

1923 : Soona is standing wearing a light-blue sari. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

21st June, 1923 - Mt. Urak, Quetta ( then British W. India ) ; Soonamasi is standing next to young Khorshed & Gulmai who's wearing a dark sari, amoungst Baba's men mandali. Courtesy of Glow Int. magazine -Fall 2018, also, Lord Meher Vol.2 p.532.

MSI Collection ; India - rear left

MSI Collection ; India - Soonamasi is behind Baba

MSI Collection ; 1937 - India

MSI Collection ; 1937 - India

1937 - Nasik. Soonamasai is standing behind the two men seated behind Meher Baba, wearing a sari.

1937 : Villa Caldana, Cannes, France. Soona is seated front left of Meher Baba. Courtesy of MN Publ.

1937 : Villa Caldana, Cannes, France. Soona is seated front left of Meher Baba. Courtesy of Meher-Meher books.

1937 : Villa Caldana, Cannes, France. Soona is seated front left of Meher Baba. Courtesy of LM, p.2296