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Art. VII.—The Alchemist. A Persian Play
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The Alchemist is one of a series of plays lithographed at Tehran, in 1874, by Mirza Ja'afar, a native of Karâjeh-Dâgh. They are his translation from an Azerbaijani-Turkish original, written by Mirza Fath-‘Ali, of Derbend, and first published at Tiflis in 1861. In conjunction with Mr. Haggard, some few years ago, I had occasion to edit, with a translation, the first in order of these plays. Recently, an excellent edition in Persian of three more of Mirza Ja'afar's comedies, and among them “The Alchemist,” has appeared under the auspices of two well-known French scholars.
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Title: Art. VII.—The Alchemist. A Persian Play
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The Alchemist is one of a series of plays lithographed at Tehran, in 1874, by Mirza Ja'afar, a native of Karâjeh-Dâgh.
They are his translation from an Azerbaijani-Turkish original, written by Mirza Fath-‘Ali, of Derbend, and first published at Tiflis in 1861.
In conjunction with Mr.
Haggard, some few years ago, I had occasion to edit, with a translation, the first in order of these plays.
Recently, an excellent edition in Persian of three more of Mirza Ja'afar's comedies, and among them “The Alchemist,” has appeared under the auspices of two well-known French scholars.
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