The New International Encyclopædia/Hajji Baba of Ispahan
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HAJJI BABA OF ISPAHAN, hä'jḗ bä'bȧ ŭv ĭs'pȧ-hän', The Adventures of. A romance by J. J. Morier (1824). It is an Oriental Gil Blas, revealing a world of humorous insight into life in Persia. The Persian Minister to England is said to have remonstrated in behalf of his Government against its satire and plain speaking.