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JAMES MORIER (1780-1849)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 836 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 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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