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'''Mansel Longworth Dames''' (1850–1922) was a scholar of oriental and Portuguese languages.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/25209902?uid=3738032&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102947866763 Obituary, ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland'', 1922]. Accessed 14 November 2013</ref> |
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'''Mansel Longworth Dames''' (1850–1922) was a scholar of oriental and Portuguese languages. |
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Dames passed the [[Indian Civil Service]] examination in 1868, and on his arrival in India in 1870 was posted to the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] |
Longworth Dames was born in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] in 1850, the eldest son of George Longworth Dames and Caroline Amelia Brunswick.<ref name=temple>{{cite journal | last1=Temple | first1=R.C. | last2=Howorth | first2=H.H. | year=1922 | title= Obituaries: Mansel Longworth Dames | journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland| volume=54 | issue=2 | pages=301–305 | jstor=25209902 | doi=10.1017/S0035869X0015049X | doi-access=free }}</ref> Longworth Dames passed the [[Indian Civil Service]] examination in 1868, and on his arrival in India in 1870 was posted to the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. He served continuously till his retirement in 1897, apart from in 1879 when he was on special duty with the troops during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]].<ref name=crooke>{{cite journal | last=Crooke | first=W. | year=1922 | title=Obituary: Mansel Longworth Dames | journal=Folk-Lore | volume=33 | issue=1 | pages=131–132 | url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Folk-Lore/Volume_33/Obituary/Mansel_Longworth_Dames | doi=10.1080/0015587X.1922.9719234}}</ref> |
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Much of his service was passed in the trans-Indus district of [[Dera Ghazi Khan]], where he had opportunities for studying the [[Baluch people]] (Baloch) and became an authority on the various dialects of the [[Balochi language|Baluch]] and [[Pushtu language]]s. |
Much of his service was passed in the trans-Indus district of [[Dera Ghazi Khan]], where he had opportunities for studying the [[Baluch people]] (Baloch) and became an authority on the various dialects of the [[Balochi language|Baluch]] and [[Pushtu language]]s. |
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In 1891 he published a Baluchi grammar and |
In 1891 he published a Baluchi grammar and textbook, which was used for many years by students. He contributed in 1904 to the monograph series of the [[Royal Asiatic Society]] an account of the Baluch, and in the following year the Royal Asiatic and the Folk-Lore Societies jointly published in two volumes his ''Popular Poetry of the Baluchis''. In 1903 he contributed to the Folk-Lore Journal an article on "Folk-Lore of the Azores." He was an ardent student of [[Buddhist art]] on the north-west frontier of India, and brought with him from there a fine collection of sculpture of the Gandhara period. He also did valuable service in rearranging the Buddhist rooms of the [[British Museum]]. For more than twenty years he served the Royal Asiatic Society, for part of the time as a vice-president and Joint-Treasurer, and in 1921 he acted as honorary secretary. |
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After his retirement he prepared several important articles for the ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' on subjects relating to that part of northern India which he had studied so closely. Besides Oriental languages he was an excellent [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] scholar, and his wide knowledge of Portuguese literature, and of the philology and geography of India, was illustrated in his |
After his retirement he prepared several important articles for the ''[[Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'' on subjects relating to that part of northern India which he had studied so closely. Besides Oriental languages he was an excellent [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] scholar, and his wide knowledge of Portuguese literature, and of the philology and geography of India, was illustrated in his translation and annotations of [[Duarte Barbosa|The Book of Duarte Barbosa]], edited for the [[Hakluyt Society]] in 1918–21. He compiled a memoir on the Portuguese and German colonies in Africa for the use of the 1919 [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Peace Congress at Versailles]]. He was also a member of the [[Royal Numismatic Society]] and possessed a fine collection of oriental coins. |
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Longworth Dames became a member of the [[Folk-Lore Society]] in 1892 and served for many years on the council.<ref name=crooke/> |
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Longworth-Dames became a member of the [[Folk-Lore Society]] in 1892, served for many years on the Council, and was a regular attendant at its meetings, where he was recognised as "an accomplished scholar, while his geniality of manner won the affection of many friends." [[William Crooke]]'s obituary for the society's journal adds, "modest and unassuming, and was always ready to take infinite trouble in assisting from his stores of knowledge correspondents who desired information". |
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He died on the 8th January, 1922. |
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In 1877 he married Mary Jane Ivens. They had one daughter.<ref name=temple/> Longworth Dames died in [[Guildford]] on 8 January 1922. |
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==Selected publications== |
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Adapted from [[William Crooke]]. ''Folk-lore'' vol 33 p. 130 |
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*{{cite book | last=Longworth Dames| first=Mansel | year=1922 | origyear=1891 | title=A Text Book of the Balochi language : consisting of miscellaneous stories, legends, poems and Balochi-English vocabulary | place=Lahore | publisher= Printed at the Punjab Government Press | url=https://archive.org/stream/textbookofbaloch00damerich#page/n5/mode/2up }} |
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** {{cite book |title=Text-book of the Baluchi language |editor=M.L. Dames |translator1=R.S. Diwan Jamiat Rai |translator2=Munshi Dur Muhammad |date=1913 |location=Lahore |publisher=Printed at the Punjab Govt., Press |url=https://archive.org/details/textbookofbaluch00dame/page/n3/mode/1up}} |
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*{{cite book |last=Longworth Dames | first=Mansel |year=1904 |title=The Baloch Race: A Historical and Ethnological Sketch |series= Asiatic Society Monographs. Vol. IV | publisher=Royal Asiatic Society | place=London |url=https://archive.org/stream/balochraceahist01damegoog#page/n8/mode/2up }} |
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*{{cite book |last=Longworth Dames | first=Mansel |year=1907 |title=Popular Poetry of the Baloches (Volume 1) |series= Asiatic Society Monographs. Vol. IX | publisher=Royal Asiatic Society | place=London |url=https://archive.org/stream/popularpoetryba00damegoog#page/n8/mode/2up }} |
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*{{cite journal | last=Longworth Dames | first=Mansel | year=1908 | title=The mint of Kuraman, with special reference to the coins of the Qarlughs and Khwarizm-Shahs | journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland | volume=40 | issue=2 | pages=389–408 | jstor=25210587 | doi=10.1017/S0035869X00080539 | url=https://zenodo.org/record/2064461 }} |
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*{{cite book | last=Longworth Dames | first=Mansel | date=1918–1921 | title=The Book of Duarte Barbosa : an account of the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants (2 Volumes) | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47302 | publisher=Hakluyt Society | place=London | oclc=3640216 }}<!--Dames, Mansel Longworth, 1850-1922 so out of copyright - but cannot find scan for outside the US --> |
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*{{cite journal | last=Longworth Dames | first=Mansel | year=1921 | title=The Portuguese and Turks in the Indian Ocean in the sixteenth century | journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland | volume=53 | issue=1 | pages=1–28 | jstor=25209694 | doi=10.1017/S0035869X00062870 | url=https://zenodo.org/record/1746197 }} |
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Latest revision as of 18:14, 14 November 2024
Mansel Longworth Dames (1850–1922) was a scholar of oriental and Portuguese languages.
Longworth Dames was born in Bath in 1850, the eldest son of George Longworth Dames and Caroline Amelia Brunswick.[1] Longworth Dames passed the Indian Civil Service examination in 1868, and on his arrival in India in 1870 was posted to the Punjab. He served continuously till his retirement in 1897, apart from in 1879 when he was on special duty with the troops during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.[2]
Much of his service was passed in the trans-Indus district of Dera Ghazi Khan, where he had opportunities for studying the Baluch people (Baloch) and became an authority on the various dialects of the Baluch and Pushtu languages.
In 1891 he published a Baluchi grammar and textbook, which was used for many years by students. He contributed in 1904 to the monograph series of the Royal Asiatic Society an account of the Baluch, and in the following year the Royal Asiatic and the Folk-Lore Societies jointly published in two volumes his Popular Poetry of the Baluchis. In 1903 he contributed to the Folk-Lore Journal an article on "Folk-Lore of the Azores." He was an ardent student of Buddhist art on the north-west frontier of India, and brought with him from there a fine collection of sculpture of the Gandhara period. He also did valuable service in rearranging the Buddhist rooms of the British Museum. For more than twenty years he served the Royal Asiatic Society, for part of the time as a vice-president and Joint-Treasurer, and in 1921 he acted as honorary secretary.
After his retirement he prepared several important articles for the Encyclopaedia of Islam on subjects relating to that part of northern India which he had studied so closely. Besides Oriental languages he was an excellent Portuguese scholar, and his wide knowledge of Portuguese literature, and of the philology and geography of India, was illustrated in his translation and annotations of The Book of Duarte Barbosa, edited for the Hakluyt Society in 1918–21. He compiled a memoir on the Portuguese and German colonies in Africa for the use of the 1919 Peace Congress at Versailles. He was also a member of the Royal Numismatic Society and possessed a fine collection of oriental coins.
Longworth Dames became a member of the Folk-Lore Society in 1892 and served for many years on the council.[2]
In 1877 he married Mary Jane Ivens. They had one daughter.[1] Longworth Dames died in Guildford on 8 January 1922.
Selected publications
[edit]- Longworth Dames, Mansel (1922) [1891]. A Text Book of the Balochi language : consisting of miscellaneous stories, legends, poems and Balochi-English vocabulary. Lahore: Printed at the Punjab Government Press.
- M.L. Dames, ed. (1913). Text-book of the Baluchi language. Translated by R.S. Diwan Jamiat Rai; Munshi Dur Muhammad. Lahore: Printed at the Punjab Govt., Press.
- Longworth Dames, Mansel (1904). The Baloch Race: A Historical and Ethnological Sketch. Asiatic Society Monographs. Vol. IV. London: Royal Asiatic Society.
- Longworth Dames, Mansel (1907). Popular Poetry of the Baloches (Volume 1). Asiatic Society Monographs. Vol. IX. London: Royal Asiatic Society.
- Longworth Dames, Mansel (1908). "The mint of Kuraman, with special reference to the coins of the Qarlughs and Khwarizm-Shahs". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 40 (2): 389–408. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00080539. JSTOR 25210587.
- Longworth Dames, Mansel (1918–1921). The Book of Duarte Barbosa : an account of the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants (2 Volumes). London: Hakluyt Society. OCLC 3640216.
- Longworth Dames, Mansel (1921). "The Portuguese and Turks in the Indian Ocean in the sixteenth century". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 53 (1): 1–28. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00062870. JSTOR 25209694.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Temple, R.C.; Howorth, H.H. (1922). "Obituaries: Mansel Longworth Dames". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 54 (2): 301–305. doi:10.1017/S0035869X0015049X. JSTOR 25209902.
- ^ a b Crooke, W. (1922). "Obituary: Mansel Longworth Dames". Folk-Lore. 33 (1): 131–132. doi:10.1080/0015587X.1922.9719234.
