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This contains 2 letters from David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, 2 letters to Carter in his role as political agent, a single letter in Urdu responding to Carter's questions, and Carter's letter of donation to Miss Nielsen, Royal Asiatic Society.

Diary of a tour from Gilgit - daily notes made of a trip leaving Gilgit on 14 April 1947, probably that made by Carter as mentioned in the letter LOR/2/1/5. Entries continue until 29 April 1947, all of which are contained within a notebook. There are several unwritten pages but the final page has notes on Ballade from Mesdemoiselles Eden. The inside cover of the notebook, back and front have been covered in calculations; the cover has become detached from the pages. Soft light brown cover notebook with ruled pages.

Letter from Roland Carter to Miss Nielsen, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose some notes on language hunting which Col. Lorimer had sent him as a young political officer in Gilgit, and some further notes that Garter had made of a tour in Gupis & Ishkoman. He is donating these to the Royal Asiatic Society. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 21 January 1967.

The Series contains correspondence and notes by David Lockhart Robinson Lorimer to aid Roland Carter on a tour of the Gilgit region in 1946. There are also some notes that Carter made to try to answer Lorimer's queries and letters from "local notables" in Urdu. There is a further letter from Carter to Miss Nielsen, Royal Asiatic Society, to send the material for its Collections.

Two sets of notes, probably those mentioned in Carter's letter for Miss Neilsen (LOR/2/1/5) - notes from Lorimer concerning language and Carter's notes on his tour of Gupis and Ishkoman.

The material consists of two folders. The first contains correspondence, manuscripts and printed material connected to the Lorimers' expedition to the Gilgit-Baltistan region, Pakistan in 1934-1935. The second folder contains correspondence and notes provided by D.L.R. Lorimer in 1946, to aid Roland Carter, political agent in Gilgit and Carter's own notes.