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Characters.

OGLOU (who as Timour's father, must come before his son, though that amiable but timid parent never did so willingly)

TIMOUR (which means iron (hence his savage irony), also, in domestic conversation called, for short, Kiam-ram Koth-ed-din Gurgan Saheb-kiran Jihangir, which means Sultan Timour the Fortunate (as he is in having such a drama written on him); the Axis of the Faith (which he supported with his axes, to say nothing of his swords); the Great Wolf (indeed he did take almost every place except Quebec); the Master of his Time (and also the Master of his Mint), and the Conqueror of the World (if intentions count for facts)—the Mongol Hero. He also had the alias of Timourlenk, or Tamerane, which means lame Timour, though he never halted when he could fight instead)

AGIB (a rightful heir, rather given, like the Prince mentioned by another T. Moore, to shoot raw peas at people, but otherwise not more disagreeable than the generality of boys)

KERIM (no one will hear him)

SANBALLAT (sans ballad, sans speech, sans everything)

BERMEDDIN (who possesses, like Bishop Berkeley, “every virtue under,” &c.; but it will require many evenings' careful study of his character to discover this—Box-office open as below)

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OCTAR (there are also many sides to this character, indeed eight, for when he exits it will be remarked “That is Octar-gone”)

LISKA (Timour's Sister, which is the worst thing that can be said against)

SELIMA (a Circassian Captive, that most singular phenomenon—a silent woman, who, however, becomes so dissatisfied with her abnormal condition, that she violently converts herself into the Genius of Burlesque, and then finds a tongue)

ZORILDA (who might be called “a bouncing Amazon,” (Shakespeare) from her martial habit and her other habit of telling amazing bouncers; but it is much more pleasant to say)