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