Story · Incident at the Central Workshop
Beggar Named Khalil
English finding-aid title for the scanned Persian text; not a published English translation title.
During a refinery night shift, Morad recalls a fellow worker’s arrest while the narrator keeps asking about the lump at his temple.
- Author
- Ghazi Rabihavi
- Publication
- Incident at the Central Workshop
- Source date
- 1358 (1979–80) · scanned collection
- Published language
- Persian
- This page
- English publication guide
English editorial orientation to the inspected Persian scan. The complete literary text remains with the original publication.
Reading orientation
Morad and the narrator walk through the brightly lit refinery towards the central workshop. Morad is close to retirement; the narrator is repeatedly drawn to the lump at his temple. Their conversation returns to Khalil, a former carriage worker and Morad’s companion in nights of homesickness, drinking and songs about their mountain home. Source 1
Khalil was tied to a lamp post after being accused of stealing an Englishman’s watch. Morad remembers his friend’s denials, the fear that kept him from intervening and the workers compelled to watch. The narrator’s curiosity gradually encounters a memory Morad can scarcely speak about. The bodily detail at Morad’s temple persists beside this account; the story gives no medical diagnosis for it. Source 1
The scanned appearance
Gadayi be-nam-e Khalil appears in Incident at the Central Workshop, PDF pages 15–24. The collection’s title page names Damoon, Tehran and 1358. The volume’s colophon discrepancy is documented in its edition notebook. The date identifies the scanned volume, rather than an independently established composition date. The English title is a finding aid. Source 1
Sources & credits
- Beggar Named Khalil · scanned Persian source
Gadayi be-nam-e Khalil. Incident at the Central Workshop. The collection’s title page names Damoon, Tehran and 1358. The volume’s colophon discrepancy is documented in its edition notebook. PDF pages 15–24. The English paragraphs are original editorial reading orientations, not reproduced or translated literary passages.