First edition
Year: 1988
Place: London
Size: 21.2 x 14 cm (8.3 x 5.5 inches)
Published by: Barrie & Jenkins. 8vo., pp 318, 51 plates.
The extraordinary first visit of a Persian ambassador to England in two hundred years and he was a great hit especially with the women-“there is no entertainment given but that he is the main feature.” Mirza Abul Hassan (ca. 1770-1846) remained eight months and this is the first translation of most of the journal he kept. He was accompanied from Teheran by James Morier (1780- 1849) who later made fun of him in his two Haji Baba books.
Margaret Morris Cloake ( ) is an American writer who lived in Teheran for four years and learned Persian. Sir Denis Writght was British Ambassador to Iran from 1961 to 1971.
original canvas binding with dust jacket
Condition Good
