Dr. Mirza Baba Afshar
In the Persian camp we had many visitors, and found
much to amuse us in the bustling scene. We found two of the Persian gentlemen,
who had been in England, Meerza Baba, the Hukeem Bashee, and Meerza Jaffier,
both of whom now sighed for the return of the days which they had passed in
England. There, they were lions: here, they were among their countrymen.
Meerza Baba is an intelligent and agreeable man; and, in an Asiatic, I have
never seen a more perfect approach to an English gentleman, both in language
and manners. I jested with him about Hajee Baba; but that work has given great
offence in Persia, and the Hukeem Bashee assured me that the English did not
understand the Persians. I can hardly agree with him, for I afterwards saw a
good deal of Hujee Babaism in the land.
Sir Alexander Burnes, Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a
journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; also, narrative of a voyage
on the Indus, from the sea to Lahore, with presents from the King of Great
Britain; performed under the orders of the supreme government of India, in the
years 1831, 1832, and 1833. Vol. II. — London: John Murray, 1834, pp. 96—97.
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