 In Yazd, Hataria established a Council of Zoroastrians, which succeeded in convincing a number of Iranian Zoroastrians to emigrate to India (where they are today known as Iranis).Hataria may also have been instrumental in obtaining a remission of the "jizya" poll tax for his co-religionists in 1882.Manekji preached the advantages of collective social work and communal unity.