James Justinian Morier

Name: The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan — Hajji Baba meets with an old friend, who cheers him up, gives him good advice, and secures him from danger
Author: James Justinian Morier

The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan… (1824)

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“The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan — Hajji Baba meets with an old friend, who cheers him up, gives him good advice, and secures him from danger”, published in 1824, is a work by James Justinian Morier. It explores elements such as dervish, caravanserai and Tehran.

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James Justinian Morier, The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan… (1824)

“ As the day broke I could distinguish the gilt cupola of the tomb at a considerable distance before me; and this beacon of my security inspired me with fresh vigour in my solitary march over the dreary waste. I had scarcely reached the outskirts of the town of Kom before I perceived the horseman at some distance behind, making the best of his way in search of me; and therefore I looked neither right nor left until the massive chain that hangs across the principal gateway of the sanctuary was placed between myself and my pursuer. I then exclaimed, 'Ilhamd'illah! Praises to Allah! O Mahomed! ”

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James Justinian Morier, The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan… (1824)

“ When he had been gone some time the dervish took me on one side, and said, 'If you want to secure yourself from this man, you must instantly depart; for when he finds his search fruitless, and is tired of wandering about the desert, he will certainly return here, and then what can hinder your being discovered?'
'I will do anything rather than be discovered by him,' said I: 'he is evidently sent to seize me. I can expect no mercy from such a ruffian, particularly as I have not enough money to offer him, for I know his price. ”

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James Justinian Morier, The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan… (1824)

“ The nasakchi remained quite uncertain what to do, and at length, softening his tone, he endeavoured to make a virtue of necessity, and began to negotiate with me upon what he might get if he went away without further molesting me. I did not deny the right he had of being paid for his trouble, for it is precisely what I should have expected myself had I been in his place; but I made him recollect how little I was able to requite him; for he knew as well as I all the circumstances of my flight, and that I had brought nothing away with me from Tehran. ”

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James Justinian Morier, The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan… (1824)

“ Refreshed by this act, and strengthened in my resolutions of leaving Tehran, I tore myself away, and stept valiantly onwards towards Ispahan.
Having reached Kinaragird, without seeing the trace of a caravan, and feeling myself sufficiently strong to proceed on my journey, I pushed on for the caravanserai of the sultan's reservoir, where I intended to halt for the night.
As I came in sight of the building, at some distance in the desert, I saw a man putting himself into strange attitudes, playing antics by himself, and apparently addressing himself to something on the ground. ”

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James Justinian Morier, The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan… (1824)

“ I longed for the time when I should again be like them, and enjoy the blessings of existence without care; but grief, like every other passion, must have its course, and, as the spring which gushes with violence from the rock, by degrees dwindles into a rivulet ”

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James Justinian Morier, The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan… (1824)

“ Here we found men from different parts of Persia, unloading their beasts and putting their effects in order, settling themselves in the different open rooms which look upon the square of the caravanserai. A dervish, and a story-teller too, was a great acquisition, after the fatigue and dullness of a journey across the Salt Desert ”

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James Justinian Morier, The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan… (1824)

“ The dervish reflected a while, and said, 'You must go to Kom: you will reach it before morning, and as soon as you arrive there, lose not a moment in getting within the precincts of the sanctuary of the tomb of Fatimeh. You will then, and not till then, be safe, even from the Shah's power. Should you be caught without its walls, there is no hope for you. You will be seized ”

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James Justinian Morier, The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan… (1824)

“ Well' (making a pause) , 'there is no accounting for the different roads which men take in their search after happiness: some keep the high road; some take short cuts; others strike out new paths for themselves ”

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