JAMES MORIER (1780-1849)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V18,
Page 836
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES See also:MORIER (1780-1849)
, See also:English traveller and author, was See also:born in 1780
.
Through the See also:influence of his See also:uncle, See also:Admiral See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Waldegrave, See also:Baron Radstock, he entered the See also:diplomatic service, and as secretary to See also:Lord See also:Elgin followed the See also:grand See also:vizier in the See also:Egyptian See also:campaign
.
An See also:account of his Eastern experiences was published in 1812, under the See also:title A See also:Journey through See also:Persia, See also:Armenia and See also:Asia See also:Minor to See also:Constantinople in 18o8-9
.
From 1810 to 1816 he was the See also:British representative at the See also:court of Persia, and after his return he published A Second Journey through Persia to Constantinople between the years 810 and MI6
.
His knowledge of Eastern See also:life and See also:manners he also turned to account in the See also:composition of several entertaining romances
.
The most popular of these were The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan (1824), The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan in See also:England (1828), Zohrab the See also:Hostage (1832), and A yesha the Maid of See also:Kars (1834)
.
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