About Mahboob Qirvanian Mahboob Qirvanian, born circa 1894 in Tunisia, was enslaved and trafficked from North Africa to Iran, where he lived for the majority of his life and was emancipated. He is the author of the only known African slave narrative from that country. Books by Mahboob Qirvanian Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian by (author) Mahboob Qirvanian translated by Behnaz Mirzai Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian by (author) Mahboob Qirvanian translated by Behnaz Mirzai Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian by (author) Mahboob Qirvanian translated by Behnaz Mirzai