File LOR/1/3/1 - The Burusho of Hunza - A Mountain People of Kashmir

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GB 891 LOR-LOR/1-LOR/1/3-LOR/1/3/1

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The Burusho of Hunza - A Mountain People of Kashmir

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  • 19th Oct 1935 (Creation)

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Name of creator

(1881-1949)

Biographical history

Emily Overend Lorimer (1881-1949) was a British linguist, political analyst and author, She was a tutor in Germanic Philology at Somerville College Oxford ,1907-10, and editor of 'Basrah Times' 1916-17. She was with her husband, David Lockhart Robertsonread more

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"Speakers of a Language that is, perhaps related to no other: The Burusho of Hunza - a Mountain People of Northern Kashmir". Illustrated article with accompanying photo-articles, "The Crafts and Husbandry of the Burusho: A Mountain People in the "Apex"read more

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  • English

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