Duncan Forbes
Author,Editor,Translator,Compiler
(1798 - 1868)
Born in Kinnard, Perthshire, Duncan Forbes was illiterate until the age of thirteen. He went on to earn advanced degrees and became Professor of Oriental Languages at King’s College, London.
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Bibliography
The Adventures of Hatim Tai (1962)
Traditional Persian tales.