author
Mooshie G. Daniel
b. 1861
A late-19th-century writer who set out to explain Persia to American readers, blending firsthand experience with history, religion, and social observation. His work offers a window into how Iran was presented to English-speaking audiences of his time.
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Modern Persia
by Mooshie G. Daniel
About the author
Mooshie G. Daniel, listed by Project Gutenberg as born in 1861, is known for Modern Persia, a book first published in the late 1890s. The title page describes him as "Rabbi Mooshie G. Daniel" and notes that he was late Professor of Ancient Syriac in Oroomiah College, Persia.
In the preface to Modern Persia, Daniel explains that he wrote the book after spending four years in America and encountering many questions about Persia from readers, churchgoers, and supporters of foreign missions. The book was meant to answer those questions and to present Persia's history, religions, and everyday life in a fuller way than he felt travelers and journalists had done.
Only a small amount of biographical detail is easy to confirm from widely available sources, but his surviving work clearly shows a writer trying to interpret Persia for an English-language audience at the end of the 19th century. Because no reliable portrait was found during this search, a profile image is not included.