Mirza Muhammed Ibrahim
Mirza Muhammed Ibrahim or Mirza Mohammad Ibrahim (
Persia (now Iran) to Britain in 1826. There, he took up a permanent appointment to teach oriental languages at the prestigious East India Company College, where he remained until 1844.[1] While there, he also worked as an official translator, becoming friendly with Lord Palmerston
. He was the author of an English and Persian grammar textbook.
There were rumours that he had left Persia because of religious differences with the establishment. However, while abroad, he remained a faithful
Muslim
, despite the prevailing British social climate in favour of Christianity.
After returning to Persia in 1844, he became tutor to the future Shah.[2]
References
- ^ Fisher, Michael Herbert Persian Professor in Britain: Mirza Muhammad Ibrahim at the East India Company's College, 1826-44 in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East - Volume 21, Number 1&2, 2001, pp. 24-32 partial abstract
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, 1857 obituary accessed 9 October 2007
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