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An Account of a Journey in Kashmir by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer and Letters from Emily Overend Lorimer to her Parents sent from Bahrain and Kerman [309r] (633/1291)
The record is made up of 2 files (630 folios). It was created in 1898-1914. It was written in English and Persian. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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B A H R El N ,
6 - m _ 1912 .
'
h reialncla you of poor old Sam Johnson’s
Condemned to Hope's delusive mine
As on we tAil from day to day
By sudden blast or slow deoline
Our social comforts drop away J
One day it is tz*e tea-tray and tne next it is the tea taole
and so on; 31 is a great comfort ti.&t Major Trevor has wanted to
taxe over all the glass and china and things so ti^at we are not reall
in nearly so bad a state oi aeige as we might oe. tfe should oe
in a less one, however, hau Major Trevor’s heavy luggage arrived
with him as it should have done, ait of course it has strayed some
where. We are all enjoying the picnic effect ana having really
a pleasant time. He is a very % jolly man and enters into the
a jtj oi eveything anu into all our little family joxos tith great
zest - from whion we correctly deduced that he was not wholly Eng
lish. He formally to ok over on Monday, 30 that Lock is now free
vb consecrate his time ic screwing up boxes and maninz new lids for
packing oases etc, etc.
All is going very well aux v:> shall ne ready without hurry or
rurh to gc on oouiv. on Sunday next feu where ? V It msy be direct
for Bandar Acoss or ir rnty bo for Karachi first. '«& shall probably
not heai uhi.il we g:-*t on board the ship. Of course w© uua^ there
be met oy ?om& totally nej? ornero J Meantims *e are thoroughly
and delighted^at th© prospect oi Kermaxi now that our Drains
are re9 re-adjuatea to it, cut it meant a lot of thinking ana a lot
or work ordering ana counter-ordering.
Major Trevor spent a good part of hie leave in Oxford where
-e naa ox course met Oolonel Ranking, ana naa come to know the
Armitages through Mrs A.’s Anglo-Indian sister Mrs. Dimook who has
settled there with husoana ana family. It is a small world; out I
wish we naa known he was there arid we could have tola Hilda and
i.hey could have looked each other up; he would probably have oeen
interested in Somerville.
xt is great waste of a nice man, hia not being married; it
makes me very saa to think of leaving him here all alone with no
one to look after him or keep him company. He does not seem either
a ..er^uii, .r a womaii-hater, oxt I have not yeta-arrlvea at asking him
why he did not find himself a wife. nV
Happily ^or ^imseii he is taking over at a comparatively
slaux time, ana the pearl-year has oeen so prosperous that there
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This file consists of two separate physical files as follows:
1) An account of a journey in Kashmir in 1898-99 written by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer of the Indian Army. His account is entitled 'Three Months of Privilege Leave'. It contains his observations on the languages, peoples, transport, flora and fauna, trade and climate of the region. There are occasional edits and corrections to the original text marked in red pen. The Persian language material in the file is a proverb written on folio 194.
In addition to this travel diary, the following is enclosed: an essay by Lorimer entitled 'Modern Education' dated 9 February 1895 (folios 1-24); two copies of a pamphlet that was published 'for private circulation' in memory of David's brother, John Gordon Lorimer, following his death on 8 February 1914 (folios 255-262); and another essay by Lorimer entitled 'Our Indian N.W. Frontier - a study in a bye-gone Civilisation. A forgotten Chapter of Frontier History' (folios 221-253).
2) Copies of letters that were sent from Emily Overend Lorimer to her parents, Thomas George Overend and Hannah Kingsbury. The letters describe the lives of Emily and her husband, David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (referred to as 'Lock' in the letters), while living in Bahrain from October 1911 until November 1912 (folios 263-310) and in Kerman from January 1913 until November 1914 (folios 313-634). David served as Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain 1911-12 and as HM Consul, Kerman and Persian Baluchistan, 1913-14.
The letters discuss a range of topics including Lorimer's observations of local customs, food, climate, scenery and festivals; the couple's domestic life and arrangements (especially their servants, who are often discussed in racialised, insulting language); and her interactions with other non-local residents. Also discussed are Lorimer's reading habits, her and her husband's health, family news and, occasionally, world events and political developments.
On folios 322-324, the file contains a description of a walk around Kerman in March 1914 that is accompanied by a sequence of six small black and white photographs of various points in the journey (folios 315-321).
In addition to these letters, the file also contains a number obituaries and letters of condolence written upon the death of David's brother, John Gordon Lorimer, on 8 February 1914 (folios 299-302, 415-416 and 543-544).
On folio 417, the file contains an obituary of David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer published in an unknown newspaper following his death on 26 February 1962.
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Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the front cover of volume one (ff 1-262) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume two (ff 263-634); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- An Account of a Journey in Kashmir by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer and Letters from Emily Overend Lorimer to her Parents sent from Bahrain and Kerman
- Pages
- 263r:298v, 303r:306v, 309r:391v, 393r:411v, 418r:542v, 545r:634v
- Author
- Lorimer, Emily Martha
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