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Kalāt Claimed
Front Cover of the English Edition
Original language	Persian
Written by	Bahram Beyzai
Characters	Tuy Khān Aralāt Gur Khān Suldus Qarā Khān Oyerāt Qāidu Ur Khān Vatvāt Nāimān Yāmāt Tuqāi Khān Dinkiz Bāyāvot . . .
Setting	Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia

Kalāt Claimed (Persian: فتحنامه‌ی کلات) is a play by Bahram Beyzai, written in 1982.

Text

The play was composed in 1982 and inspired by Macbeth, and was first published in Tehran, Iran, in 1984 by Damavand Publishing. Later, it was published by Beyzai's exclusive publisher, Roshangaran, who printed Manucher Anvar's English translation in 2016.

Plot

Two generals in the Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia dispute over who controls Kalat and its ultimate conquest by the Alans.

In other languages

There is an English translation by Manuchehr Anvar, with minor changes by the playwright's request:

References

• بیضایی، بهرام. «سالشمار زندگی و آثار بهرام بیضایی». مجلّه سیمیا زمستان ۱۳۸۶ شماره ۲

Further reading

• Beyzai, Bahram (2016). Kalat Claimed: A Play by Bahram Beyzai. Translated by Manuchehr Anvar. Tehran: Roshangaran. ISBN 978-964-194-117-0.