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Hajji Baba Afshar (also spelled Haji; Persian: افشار، حاجی بابا) was an Iranian doctor, who was the first from his country to apply modern European medicine. He was the chief physician at the courts of the Qajar crown prince Abbas Mirza and the latters son Mohammad Shah Qajar ( r.
The title page of the second edition of The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan is a satirical Oriental novel in English.It was written in 1824 by James Justinian Morier, a former British envoy who lived in Qajar Iran in 1808–1809 and 1810–1814, amidst the diplomatic difficulties that the country had with European nations. [1]
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan in England is an 1828 novel by the British traveller and writer James Justinian Morier. It is a sequel to his 1824 novel The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. It followed despite protests from the Persian ambassador to London about the original. [1] Morier presented it as an satire on Western ...
The Adventures of Hajji Baba is a 1954 American CinemaScope adventure film directed by Don Weis and starring John Derek and Elaine Stewart. Made in Southern California, it was released on October 1, 1954. In the credits it states that the film is suggested by The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by James Justinian Morier (3 vols., London ...
The Adventures of Hajji Baba is an American movie, based on the Hajji Baba novels, which was produced in 1954. Operation Hajji Baba, a humanitarian airlift operation conducted in 1952 by the US Air Force, took its name from the Hajji Baba novels. Morier is credited with introducing into English the word "bosh", meaning absurd or foolish talk.
During this visit, Baba Sheikh attended a conference held in Assisi [10] on 27–28 October, where the main theme was the peaceful coexistence of different religions. [ 9 ] On 29 October 2014, the Baba Sheikh visited the Hindu Murugan Temple of North America in Washington, D.C., and attended the prayer ceremonies held there and prayed for peace ...
Hajji and its variant spellings are used as honorific titles for Muslims who have successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. [1]In Arab countries, ḥājj and ḥājjah (pronunciation varies by Arabic dialect) is a commonly used manner of addressing any older person respectfully if they have performed the pilgrimage.
In 1936, Haji Sahib fell seriously ill. With time, his condition worsened and died on 14 December 1937 aged 81. His tomb has turned into a shrine for locals, and his children started construction of the mosque along with Haji Sahib tomb in 1979 and completed it in 1990. The mosque is known as Turangzai Babaji Mosque.