Kismet — Or Hajji’s Day
Scenario for a Play in Three Acts, by Edward Knobloch 15
Characters — (In Order of Their Appearance)
| Original Names | Later Names |
| Hajji. | Hajj (as Hajji is Persian, Hajj Arabian). |
| A Priest. | Imam Mahmud. |
| Guide. | Nasir. |
| Sheikh of the Desert. | Jawan. |
| Young Beggar. | Kasim. |
| Sultan. | The Caliph Abdallah. |
| His Vizier. | Abu Bakr. |
| Shopkeeper I. | Amru. |
| Shopkeeper II. | Fayd. |
| Zira. | Marsinah. |
| Old Woman I. | Narjis. |
| Officer of Guard. | Captain of the Watch. |
| Executioner. | Mansur, Chief of Police. |
| His Scribe. | Turned into two characters: |
| Kafur, the Sworder. | |
| Afife, the Hunchback. | |
| Old Woman II. | |
| Executioner’s Wife. | Kut-Al-Kulub. |
| Gaoler. | Kutayt. |
| Peasant. Trial scene at | Cut out in final draft. |
| Two Wives. Sultan’s. | |
| Dancers, Soldiers, Courtiers, Women, the People. | |