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James Justinian Morier (1780? - 1849), traveller and novelist, son of
Isaac Morier, descended from a Huguenot family resident at Smyrna, where he
was born, was educated at Harrow. Returning to the East he became in 1809
Secretary of Legation in Persia. He wrote accounts of travels in Persia,
Armenia, and Asia Minor; also novels, in which he exhibits a marvellous
familiarity with Oriental manners and modes of thought. The chief of
these are The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1824), and Hajji Baba in England (1828), Zohrab the Hostage (1832), Ayesha (1834), and The Mirza (1841). All these works are full of brilliant description,
character-painting, and delicate satire.
- This article is originally from A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.
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