''Kalāt Claimed'' ( fa, فتحنامه‌ی کلات, italic=yes) is a play by

Bahram Beyzai Bahrām Beyzāêi (also spelt Beizāi, Beyzāêi, fa, بهرام بیضائی; born 26 December 1938) is an Iranian playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and '' ostād'' ("master") of Persian letters, arts and Iranian studie ...

, written in 1982.

Text

The play was composed in 1982, with identifiable inspirations from ''

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

'', and first published in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

early in 1984 by Damavand Publishing. Later it was published by Beyzai's exclusive publisher, Roshangaran. The same publisher printed Manucher Anvar's English translation in 2016.

Plot

The story is of two generals in the

Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia The Mongol invasion of Khwarezmia ( fa, حمله مغول به خوارزمشاهیان) took place between 1219 and 1221, as troops of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan invaded the lands of the Khwarazmian Empire in Central Asia. The campa ...

and their disputes over the accession of Kalat (or even more likely

Kalat-e Naderi Kalat-e Naderi ( fa, کلات نادری) is a massive natural fortress located about 44 miles north of Sousia, in Kalat County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. It is essentially a massive plateau about four miles in circumference that has been ...

) and its ultimate conquest by the

Alans The Alans (Latin: ''Alani'') were an ancient and medieval Iranian nomadic pastoral people of the North Caucasus – generally regarded as part of the Sarmatians, and possibly related to the Massagetae. Modern historians have connected the Al ...

In Other Languages

There is one English translation by

Manuchehr Anvar Manuchehr Anvar ( fa, منوچهر انور; born 13 October 1928) is a Persian writer, editor, translator, director and former BBC radio presenter''. Translations Into Persian * ''A Doll's House'' by Henrik Ibsen Into English * ''Kalat ...

, with minor modifications by the playwright's permission: *

Notes

References

بیضایی، بهرام. «سالشمار زندگی و آثار بهرام بیضایی». مجلّه ''سیمیا'' زمستان ۱۳۸۶ شماره ۲
{{Bahram Beyzai Plays by Bahram Beyzai 1983 plays 2016 books Books about Iran Iran in fiction Persian-language books