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Title: Qissa-e-Hatem Tai

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Title: Qissa-e-Hatem Tai Title Record # 1934887
Author: uncredited
Date: date unknown
Type: NOVEL
Language: Persian
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Year Language Title
1830ⓘ Translated by Duncan Forbes, A.M. The novel as printed in 1830 contains numerous editorial footnotes by Forbes. The 1830 preface by Forbes suggests that interpretation as a collection may also be plausible (p[v] viewed at HathiTrust): "The following translation of the Adventures of Hatim Tai may not perhaps merit from the English reader that interest which the original holds for the natives of the East. ... "The Seven Tales which form the present volume, have in them a due portion of the supernatural; but it would be unfair to condemn them on that account, ... This translation was "revised and edited" by William R. Alger, and printed without notes, in the 1896 Home and School Library edition. See the <a href="https:///www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1934885">1896 novel</a> for some comparison.
 English The Adventures of Hatim Taļ, a Romance
1896ⓘ<ul>Translated by Duncan Forbes<li>"Translated from the Persian by Duncan Forbes" "Revised and edited, with introduction by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=William%20Rounseville%20Alger&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">William Rounseville Alger</a>" --title page (viewed at HathiTrust)<li>The Forbes translation was published in 1830 as by "<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Duncan%20Forbes%2C%20A.M.&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Duncan Forbes, A.M.</a>" (from its title page viewed at HathiTrust).<li>As revised and edited by Alger, the translation --that is, <i>The Adventures</i>, the romance-- begins immediately with "Book I", which probably recounts the first of the so-called adventures. Its synoptic contents and first prose paragraph do not differ much from the synoptic contents and first prose paragraph under heading "Book I" in the 1830 Forbes translation. --1896, p. 1, and 1830, p. 6 (both viewed at HathiTrust)<li>Alger's editorial "Introduction" incorporates some content from the 1830 preface by Duncan Forbes; and some from the first part of the Forbes translation, or romance, namely its "Introduction". --1896, pp. [iii]-vii, and 1830, pp. [v]-xi and 1-5 </ul>
 English The Adventures of Hatim Taļ: A Romance

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Adventures of Hatim Taļ, a Romance 1830-00-00 uncredited Oriental Translation Fund     xi+
214
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
 novel  
The Adventures of Hatim Taļ: A Romance 1896-00-00 uncredited Ginn & Company (Home and School Library)     vii+
326
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 novel  

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