A Review of Two Ambiguities in the Novel "The Adventures of Hajji Baba Isfahani"

The translation of the novel "The Adventures of Hajji Baba Isfahani" is a turning point in the history of Persian prose literature and the history of translation into Persian; much research has been done on this novel. Ambiguities about this novel and its Persian translation have been raised and investigated, including whether the original text was written by James Murrier or did he expand the novel on the basis of a Persian text and is "Mirza Habib Isfahani" the main translator, or is it Sheikh Ahmad Rouhi as written in the First publish of this novel? This paper has attempted to make new points by relying on intra-textual cues, comparing the translation with the original text, stylistic features, and so on. This study considers the existence of a Persian text as the main text more probable. And about the second ambiguity, this article emphasizes that Mirza Habib is the main translator of the novel, also determining the contribution of Sheikh Ahmad Rouhi and Mirza Agha Khan Kermani in the translation of the novel.