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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 [570v] (1162/1291)
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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2.
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property, that It Is hard to be orosa. new undemood
The most tragic smash w ^ 3 ® A Ttorted from a reluctant Govt,
typewriter which at last Lock. fi _y, 4 np very Pad and does such
fo? the Office. (The present Wanted ne have to
r tten rork .“h!£?a *eauty to take
type It ourselves. rnurse with all the latest tweaks ,
brief P a 5 e f, ? n ^ a g“rlparea to no everything except add up)> ^
for tabulating (It nae prepared vo t0 . h i C h was flrnly
was well packed In a strong woojen . lg f lx ed. There were
screwed the wooden ® n t Q h ^ he screws to save Jars. But unhappl^
even string springs Rcrewed with springs to the case
the wooden Pase remained loose from the Pase and knocked
while the machine worked ^ase. The cast-iron frame
apout anyhow In the empty e^ Places far Peyond any hope of
Is smashed right across w 4re anyone here to re-rlvet.
re-rlvettlng or sending even If there were any ^ typewriter
It is really tragic as otherwise the arriva!^ ^ e>cort of the
and the new clerk who lan 3 rould have*held a promise of
Fowle on this very day of ST c© • -nToud No douPt
future work of which this <£^6 m lg ® ^ t ^ther machine from
^l 0 e^e 8 ?r?“n a : 1 »d r Mel?iS S ?ntex«t In your .poBterltys'
welfare.
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til Slimo la^tklS »^ t ^*agra^‘aV er,r
^Lr r -ri 0 e°proi.:r£to irx txel
having known him in Pachelor days. yi Loc1l i 3 "perTzant”
the courae of hla m feechea to call^e^ook^pa,,
a word which was new to me as a P nice new word and we found
When he was gone I asked Lock about this £«* < ^ a ^£arl dialect
to our greatest amusement ,, Ttiey are never so defeat by
meaning "to introduce" • Presenter ..
as when they air some French without any warning.
I am Pack at my lessons now w ^ t ^ t g f “ lr |nd I a^gettlng^some
and fairytale vein 18 P r ?^ n « ”“ at m ” !ithaprultlmatlly serve to
really Interesting material ^ f German. I am trying
enliven Loclc$ ma8t ? rp1 ®?® 4® + as Aqa Ahnad tells me; Put he Is
to take It down phonetically ^ ^ apeclkal request,
too well-educated to talk pure ^ la u + 0 f and he frequent
You really have to trip th ® ^fi/fSlvht L^aps deny having
denies them afterwards. n f ter dolng^” — If I ever dtKl
:lV^^ at M^^- r ^:e|3i> > l“iL^irrH r ry 6 •ore•day
soon! amU i al S g avf5u W st got one rhyme ^!ch they upe in
EEna meena mlna mo, catch a nigger Py th »
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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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- 2 files (630 folios)
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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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