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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 [506v] (1034/1291)
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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the confusions and complications of which are another legacy (S&6
fom his well-^sloved nredeceesor. The troule apart from
extremely complicated arithmetic and calculations and confused
accounts arises from the fact thet the Benk Mirza was allowed
to act noth for the Rank and for the Hindus as representative
of the Consulate; some wretched mortgage was entered into jointly
by the two parties and now that the time has come to foreclose
the difficulty of dividing this piece of land into two parcels
of 3/5 & 3/5 respectively with waterrlghto etc. is very great.
Of course if it could be sold all wouldte well, but that is
precisely what cannot be done as no one will buy, then if they
tryto take posse sslon there is a law that no foreigner may
hold land in Persia in his dm name so the 1 nd "'ill have to
elong theoretically to some one else, and then who is to adminisr
it in the double interest; the Kinuus have no one with leisure
or brains to act as their agent and the Bank rightly fail to
see why the whole onus of a most unprofitable pioce of business
should fall on them alone tc, etc.
You ill be interested to know that it is now proved b yond
question that the said Bnak hirza accepted bribes on more than
one occasion besld s many other very questionable doings, and it
is highly galling to both Lock and Mr. Bright that the Hindus
sgould be able tc say as of course they lose no opportunity of
doing, you must see us through this business since we see that
we have not being well-treated by the agent whom we accepted
to act f r us at your joint recommendation. I need hardly
remind you that if the Bank had been administered at that time by
Mr, W. or the Consulate by Lock the^m***^: would never have
arisen. Long before he had heard any complaints or had ?ny
reason to suppose that the arrangement was unsatisfactory in
practice Lock groaned at it on principle and prophesied just this
sort of trouble. Mmost his first act in Kerman was to put a
stop to this Mirza’« acting for the Consulate; out that was of
course toe late to prevent ovlis already existing.
Poor Mr. W. is having an awful time over the business,
and as Mr. Cardner has been so emphatically and so unreasonlngly
the champion of the Mirza and sfc entirely und r gis thumb, Mr,
W. cannot get from him the help and comfort that he would natu
rally expect from his Accountant.
Ihad no time to tell last week that we had got a whole lot
of long-delayed goods from Bam ay, including this dar little
typewriter on which I am now writing (you may observe that I
am not very expert yet nd often hit the wrong key).
They were most opportune and happily Included my longed for
hot water jugs etc., and sundry eatables.
"e have lost, however, a much needed case of stationery
which it will take a long time to replace. Also though my
glass dishes and lamp chimneys and so forth arrived ’1th only
one small breakage, a large case of various tins of things
must havo been very badly packed for every single tin was seriouk
dunted and all my new hite flour is slightly musty. It refuss
to make white road or scones
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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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