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JAMES MORIER (1780-1849)
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Page 836
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See also: English traveller and author, was See also: born in 1780
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Through the influence of his See also: uncle, See also: Admiral See also: William
See also: Waldegrave, 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
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An account of his Eastern experiences was published in 1812, under the title A Journey through See also: Persia, Armenia and See also: Asia Minor to Constantinople in 18o8-9
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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
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His knowledge of Eastern See also: life and See also: manners he also turned to account in the composition of several entertaining romances
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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 Hostage (1832), and A yesha the Maid of See also: Kars (1834)
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