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William Dalrymple, the Glossary

William Benedict Hamilton-Dalrymple (born 20 March 1965) is an India-based liberal Scottish historian and art historian, as well as an activist, curator, broadcaster and critic.^[1]

116 relations: Afghanistan, Alice Albinia, All Souls College, Oxford, Ampleforth College, Anita Anand (journalist), Asia Society, Bachelor of Arts, Baillie Gifford Prize, Baul, BBC, BBC Radio 4, Beecham House, Begums, Thugs and White Mughals, Bethlehem, British Academy, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Brown University, Bruce Chatwin, Buddhism, City of Djinns, Colin Mackenzie (Indian Army officer), Company style, COVID-19 pandemic, Crossword Book Award, Delhi, East India Company, Eastern Christianity, Eric Newby, Exhibition (scholarship), Fakir, Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, First Anglo-Afghan War, First-class cricket, From the Holy Mountain, Ganges, Grierson Awards, Hamid Karzai, Hinduism, Honorary degree, In Xanadu, India, Jainism, Jaipur Literature Festival, Jerusalem, John Dalrymple (cricketer), Kerala, Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond, Madrasa, Mehrauli, Middle East, ... Expand index (66 more) »
Dalrymple family
People from North Berwick
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Scottish art historians

Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

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Alice Albinia

Alice Albinia (born 1976) is an English journalist and author whose first book, Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River (2008), won several awards.

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All Souls College, Oxford

All Souls College (official name: College of the Souls of All the Faithful Departed) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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Ampleforth College

Ampleforth College is a co-educational fee-charging boarding and day school in the English public school tradition. William Dalrymple and Ampleforth College are people educated at Ampleforth College.

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Anita Anand (journalist)

Anita Anand (born 28 April 1972) is a British radio and television presenter, journalist, and author.

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Asia Society

The Asia Society is a 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia.

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A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Baillie Gifford Prize

The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, is an annual British book prize for the best non-fiction writing in the English language.

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Baul

The Baul (বাউল) are a group of mystic minstrels of mixed elements of Sufism and Vaishnavism from different parts of Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley and Meghalaya.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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Beecham House

Beecham House is a short-lived British historical drama television series set in 1795, co-created, directed and produced by Gurinder Chadha.

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Begums, Thugs and White Mughals

Begums, Thugs and White Mughals: The Journals of Fanny Parkes is a 2002 historical travel book based on the journals of Fanny Parkes and edited by William Dalrymple.

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Bethlehem

Bethlehem (بيت لحم,,; בֵּית לֶחֶם) is a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the State of Palestine, located about south of Jerusalem.

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British Academy

The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Bruce Chatwin

Charles Bruce Chatwin (13 May 194018 January 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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City of Djinns

City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi (1993) is a travelogue by William Dalrymple about the historical capital of India, Delhi.

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Colin Mackenzie (Indian Army officer)

Lieutenant general Colin Mackenzie, CB (25 March 1806 – 22 October 1881) was a British officer in the Madras Army who was active as a political officer in Afghanistan.

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Company style

Company style, also known as Company painting (Hindi: kampani kalam) is a term for a hybrid Indo-European style of paintings made in British India by Indian artists, many of whom worked for European patrons in the East India Company or other foreign Companies in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Crossword Book Award

The Crossword Book Award (formerly known as the Crossword Book Award (1998–2003), the Hutch Crossword Book Award (2004–07), the Vodafone Crossword Book Award (2008–10), the Economist Crossword Book Award (2011–13), Raymond & Crossword Book Award (2014–present)) is an Indian book award hosted by Crossword Bookstores and their sponsors.

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Delhi

Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra Dillī), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.

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Eastern Christianity

Eastern Christianity comprises Christian traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean region or locations further east, south or north.

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Eric Newby

George Eric Newby (6 December 1919 – 20 October 2006) was an English travel writer. William Dalrymple and Eric Newby are Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature.

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Exhibition (scholarship)

An exhibition is a type of historical financial scholarship or bursary awarded in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Fakir

Fakir, faqeer, or faqīr (فقیر (noun of faqr)), derived from faqr (فقر, 'poverty'), is an Islamic term traditionally used for Sufi Muslim ascetics who renounce their worldly possessions and dedicate their lives to the worship of God.

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Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland are individuals who have been elected by the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science literature and the arts in relation to Asia". William Dalrymple and Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland are Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society.

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First Anglo-Afghan War

The First Anglo-Afghan War (ده انګريز افغان اولني جګړه) was fought between the British Empire and the Emirate of Kabul from 1838 to 1842.

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First-class cricket

First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket.

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From the Holy Mountain

From the Holy Mountain is a 1997 historical travel book by William Dalrymple that deals with the affairs of the Eastern Christians.

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Ganges

The Ganges (in India: Ganga,; in Bangladesh: Padma). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The -long river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

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Grierson Awards

Grierson: The British Documentary Awards or more informally, The Grierson Awards as they are known, are awards bestowed by The Grierson Trust to recognise innovative and exciting documentary films, in honour of the pioneering Scottish documentary filmmaker John Grierson.

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Hamid Karzai

Hamid Karzai (Pashto/حامد کرزی,,; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan politician who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from December 2004 to September 2014.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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In Xanadu

In Xanadu: A Quest is a 1989 travel book by William Dalrymple.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Jainism

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.

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Jaipur Literature Festival

The Jaipur Literature Festival, or JLF, is an annual literary festival which takes place in the Indian city of Jaipur each year in the month of January.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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John Dalrymple (cricketer)

Jock James Hamilton Dalrymple (born 14 October 1957) is a Scottish former first-class cricketer. William Dalrymple and John Dalrymple (cricketer) are Dalrymple family, people educated at Ampleforth College and Younger sons of baronets.

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Kerala

Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.

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Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond

Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond is a 2017 book on the Koh-i-Noor diamond written by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand.

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Madrasa

Madrasa (also,; Arabic: مدرسة, pl. مدارس), sometimes transliterated as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning.

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Mehrauli

Mehrauli is a neighbourhood in South Delhi, Delhi, India.

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Middle East

The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.

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Mungo Park Medal

The Mungo Park Medal is awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in recognition of outstanding contributions to geographical knowledge through exploration and/or research, and/or work of a practical nature of benefit to humanity in potentially hazardous physical and/or social environments.

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Mysticism

Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning.

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New Statesman

The New Statesman (known from 1931 to 1964 as the New Statesman and Nation) is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London.

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Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India is a 2009 travel book by William Dalrymple.

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Olivia Fraser (artist)

Olivia Fraser is a Scottish artist based in London.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Palestine Festival of Literature

The Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) is an annual literary festival, founded in 2008, that takes place in cities across West Bank, Palestine.

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Premio Hemingway

The Premio Hemingway (Hemingway Prize) is an international art award established by the municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy in 1984.

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President's Medal (British Academy)

The President's Medal is awarded annually by the British Academy to up to five individuals or organisations.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Project Dastaan

Project Dastaan is a peace-building initiative that reconnects displaced refugees of the 1947 Partition of India that created the modern-day South Asian republics of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh with their childhood communities and villages through bespoke 360-degree digital experiences.

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Prospect (magazine)

Prospect is a monthly British general-interest magazine, specialising in politics, economics and current affairs.

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Queen Camilla

Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III.

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Ramallah

Ramallah (help|God's Height) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, that serves as the de facto administrative capital of the State of Palestine.

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Return of a King

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, written by the Scottish historian William Dalrymple and published in 2013, is an account of the First Anglo-Afghan War from 1839 to 1842.

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Robert Byron

Robert Byron (26 February 1905 – 24 February 1941) was an English travel writer, best known for his travelogue The Road to Oxiana.

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Rose Leslie

Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 9 February 1987) is a Scottish actress.

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Royal Historical Society

The Royal Historical Society (RHS), founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history.

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Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow

The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow is a learned society established in 1802 "for the improvement of the Arts and Sciences" in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Royal Scottish Geographical Society

The Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) is an educational charity based in Perth, Scotland founded in 1884.

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Royal Society for Asian Affairs

The Royal Society for Asian Affairs (RSAA) is a learned society based in London (United Kingdom).

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Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland's national academy of science and letters.

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Ryszard Kapuściński Award

The Ryszard Kapuściński Award (Nagroda im.) is a major annual Polish international literary prize, the most important distinction in the genre of literary reportage.

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Sam Dalrymple (historian)

Sam Dalrymple is a historian, writer, film-maker, peace activist, and social media influencer. William Dalrymple and Sam Dalrymple (historian) are Dalrymple family and historians of India.

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Sandford St Martin Trust

The Sandford St Martin Trust is a United Kingdom-based religious charity.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scottish Arts Council

The Scottish Arts Council (Comhairle Ealain na h-Alba, Scots Airts Cooncil) was a Scottish public body responsible for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland.

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Scottish people

The Scottish people or Scots (Scots fowk; Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland.

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Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet

Major Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet, (9 April 1926 – 26 December 2018) was a British soldier and Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian. William Dalrymple and Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet are Dalrymple family and people educated at Ampleforth College.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dalrymple

Also known as Dalrymple, William, William Dalrymple (historian).

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See also

Dalrymple family

People from North Berwick

Recipients of the President's Medal (British Academy)

Scottish art historians

References