''Kalāt Claimed'' () is a play by

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

, written in 1982.

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The play was composed in 1982 and inspired by ''

Macbeth ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...

'', and was first published in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

, 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.

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Two generals in the

Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia Between 1219 and 1221, the Mongol forces under Genghis Khan invaded the lands of the Khwarazmian Empire in Central Asia. The campaign, which followed the annexation of the Qara Khitai Khanate, saw widespread devastation and atrocities. T ...

dispute over who controls

Kalat Qalat, Qelat, Kalat, Kalaat, Kalut, or Kelat, may refer to: * Qalat (fortress), a fortified place or fortified village Afghanistan * Qalat, Afghanistan, capital of Zabul Province * Kalat, Badakhshan, a small village in the Kuran wa Munjan Dist ...

and its ultimate conquest by the

Alans The Alans () were an ancient and medieval Iranian peoples, Iranic Eurasian nomads, nomadic pastoral people who migrated to what is today North Caucasus – while some continued on to Europe and later North Africa. They are generally regarded ...

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There is an English translation by

Manuchehr Anvar Manuchehr Anvar (; 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 Claimed'' by Bahram Bey ...

, with minor changes by the playwright's request:

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

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