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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOR0000001/00001
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- Papers of Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer. Summary: The collection comprises the linguistic papers of David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, relating to his work on Burushaski, Khowar, Shina, Bakhtiari, Karmani Persian and Gabri. Also includes photographs, glass negatives and cinefilm of a field trip to the Hunza Valley, North West Pakistan in the mid-1930s.
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- Papers of Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer. Admin history: David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer was born on 24 December 1876. He entered the Indian Army in 1896. From 1898-1903 he served with the Q.V.O. Corps of Guides, and was seconded with the Khalibar Rifles from 1901-1903. He entered the Indian Political Service in 1903, serving with them until 1924. His posts included H.B.M.S. Vice-Consul for Arabistan (1903-1909); Political Agent, Bahrein (1911-1912); H.M. Consul, Kerman and Persian Baluchistan, and ex-officio Assistant to the Political Resident, Persian Gulf (1912-1914); Assistant Political Agent, Chitral (1915); on field service with the I.E.F.D., Mesopotamia, and Civil Governor Am'ra (1915-1916); H.M. Consul Kerman and Persian Baluchistan (1916-1917); Political Agent, Loralai, Baluchistan (1920), and Political Agent, Gilgit (1920-1924). Lorimer was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship, 1933-1935. He also received an honorary fellowship of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in 1953. -- Lorimer's publications included Syntax of Colloquial Pashtu (1915); Persian Tales (1919); The Phonology of the Bakhtiari, Badakshani, and Madaglashti Dialects of Modern Persian (1922); The Burushaski Language , Volumes I and II (1935), and Volume III (1938); The Dum'ki Language (1939), and The Wakhi Language (1958).
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- Typescript with handwritten notes
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- Physical format: loose paper bound with metal filing fastener
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- References: George Abraham Grierson, "On the Tirahi language", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 57, no. 3 (1925): 405-416.
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- Additional information: Expanded version with major addenda of an article published as George Abraham Grierson, "On the Tirahi language", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 57, no. 3 (1925): 405-416.
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- The date is approximate based on the publication of the article related to the typed manuscript.
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- Tirahi, the language described in this manuscript, is an extinct language. There are very few resources available on Tirahi, and this manuscript is likely to be one of the more extensive resources, with more extensive original Tirahi language content.
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- Although this manuscript is part of D. L. R. Lorimer's collection, it was not written by D. L. R. Lorimer.
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- VIAF (name authority) : Grierson, George Abraham, Sir, 1851-1941 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/71437040
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Special Collections
- Rights Management:
 This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this work non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms.- Resource Identifier:
- PP MS 66, Lorimer, Box 38 ( order reference )
PP MS 66/01/07/05 ( soas archive reference )
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