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In the early partof this century,the London School of Oriental and African
Britishofficer, D. L. Lorimercollected the Studies. Lorimerhimself publishedonly a
folk poetryand storiesof the tribalIranian few translationsof the poetryand tales in
peoples, especially the Baxtiaris,while he reflectionson his travelsin the East;mostof
was workingas a Britishvice-consulin Is- his work remainedin manuscriptand was
pahan (he later did equally importantcol- deposited in the London School after his
lecting in the Hindu Kush). The present death.
work is the publicationof the originaltexts Both the authorshave collaborated
(with extensive reworking by the two on early publicationsof Lorimer'smaterials
authorsboth native speakersof Persianand and they are in the process of publishing a
its dialects),Englishtranslations,extensive workon the Gabridialect(othervolumesare
etymologicalanddialectalannotations,anda projected:YazdandKerman).It is important
literarycommentary. thatscholars,intimatewiththe languageand
Prof. Vahman,now teachingin Co- dialectsof Iran,reviewandpreparematerials
penhagen,was given permissionto use the that were collectedby a non-nativespeaker
materialsduringhis doctoralstudies at the and amateurfolklorist.This is amply dis-
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