| | | | 1921 |
| 1 | Perveen | Mistry | The first Bombay woman solicitor. Protagonist. |
| | Cyrus | Sodawalla | Perveen's husband. |
| | Mustafa | | The long-time butler of Mistry House. |
| | Alice | Hobson-Jones | Perveen's foreign friend. |
| | Abbas Kayam | Mistry | Perveen's grandfather. |
| | Jamshedji | Mistry | Perveen's father. |
| | Omar | Farid | One of Perveen's clients. |
| | Faisal | Mukri | Mr. Farid's appointed estate trustee. |
| | Firoze | Yazdani | The bakery café owner. |
| | Lily | Yazdani | The Yazdani daughter. |
| 2 | John | | The Mistry's cook. |
| | Sakina | Chivne | Mr. Farid's second wife. |
| | Mumtaz | | One of Farid's widows. |
| | Razia | | One of Farid's widows. |
| 3 | Ramchandra | | Perveen's acquaintance. |
| | Mr. | Martin | David Hobson-Jones's secretary. |
| | David | Hobson-Jones | Alice's father. |
| | Gwendolyn | Hobson-Jones | Alice's mother. |
| | | | 1916 |
| 4 | Camelia | Mistry | Perveen's mother. |
| | Gulnaz | Banker | Perveen's friend and sister-in-law. |
| | Helma | Patel | Perveen's schoolmate. |
| | Esther | Vachha | Perveen's schoolmate. Cyrus's cousin. |
| | Mr. | Joshi | One of Perveen's teachers. |
| | Mr. | Adakar | One of Perveen's teachers. |
| | James | Fuller | The English architect who built the high court. |
| 5 | Nived | Sodawalla | Cyrus's older brother. |
| | Azara | Sodawalla | Cyrus's sister. Deceased. |
| | Rustom | Mistry | Perveen's brother. |
| | | | 1921 |
| 6 | Lady | Lloyd | The Governor's wife. |
| | Edward | Lipstye | General Manager of White Star Line India Shipping Operations. |
| 7 | Sirjit | | David's driver. |
| | George | Lloyd | The Governor. Aka: Georgie. |
| | Rahan | Mehta | The Mistry's companion. |
| | Bhikaiji | Cama | An Indian activist. Rahan's friend. |
| | Jayanth | | One of Jamshedji's clients. |
| | Lillian | | Perveen's bird. |
| 8 | Arman | | Jamshedji's driver. |
| | Zeid | Dawai | Fatima's twin brother. |
| | Fatima | Dawai | Mohsen's daughter. |
| | Mohsen | Dawai | Mr. Farid's doorkeeper. |
| | Amina | | Razia and Mr. Farid's daughter. |
| | Nasreen | | Sakina and Mr. Farid's daughter. |
| | Shireen | | Sakina and Mr. Farid's daughter. |
| | Jum-Jum | | Sakina and Mr. Farid's baby. |
| 9 | Ayah | | The widow's maid. |
| | Iqbal | | The widow's cook. |
| | Taiba | | Mr. Farid's long-time servant. |
| 10 | Ammi | | Urdu word for mother. |
| | Dr. | Ibrahim | Mr. Farid's doctor. |
| | Aarif | Ali | The Indian army captain. Razia's acquaintance. |
| | Private | Bhatia | An army that Razia helped. |
| | | | 1916 |
| 11 | Grandfather | Mistry | Perveen's grandfather. |
| | Behnoush | Sodw | Cyrus's mother. |
| | Jamsetji | Tata | The founder of the Taj. |
| | Bahram Framji | Sodawalla | Cyrus's father. |
| 13 | Gita | | Perveen and Cyrus's maid. |
| 14 | Pushpa | | The Sodawalla's kitchen servant. |
| | Mohit | | The Sodawalla's cook. |
| | Durga | | The Bengali Hindu'sm other of the universe. |
| | Kamini | Roy | The famous poet and social worker. |
| | Mrs. | Ghandy | Behnoush's best friend. |
| | | | 1917 |
| 15 | Dr. | Bhattacharya | Perveen's doctor. |
| 16 | Mrs. | Banaji | The minister's wife. |
| | Sayeh | Banaji | Mrs. Banaji's daughter. |
| | Tourna | | Mrs. Banaji's daughter-in-law. |
| | Dexter | Davar | Cyrus's close friend. |
| | Bipin | Dutta | One of Cyrus's friends. |
| | | | 1921 |
| 17 | K.J | Singh | The sub inspector. |
| 18 | Vaughan | | The chief inspector. |
| 19 | Horace | Cartwright | The Bomby's coroner. |
| | | | 1917 |
| 21 | Mr. | Edwardes | The former police
commissioner. |
| | Mr. | Griffith | The current police
commissioner. |
| 22 | Muhammed | | Mr. Farid's cousin. |
| | Mr. | Sharma | The accounting supervisor. |
| 23 | Mr. | Attarwala | A shop owner. |
| 24 | Fisher | | The police chief. |
| 26 | Ravi | | Jayanth's boss. |
| | Biscuit | | The police sergeant. |
| | | | 1917 |
| 27 | Mr. | Pestonji | The Mistry's barrister. |
| | Mr. | Wadia | Cyrus's lawyer. |
| | Moody | | The judge. |
| | | | 1921 |
| 29 | Purshottam | Ghosh | A private investigator. |
| 30 | Mr. | Chivne | Sakina's father. |
| | Adnan | Chivne | Sakina's brother. |
| | Mr. | Reddy | One of Jamshedji's clients. |
| 34 | Tanvier | | Mumtaz's sister. |
| | Aisha | | Mumtaz's baby. |
| | Ali | | The captain. |
