Persian Tales
- 436 pages
- 16 hours of reading
D.L.R. Lorimer was a member of the British Indian Army and a noted linguist. His work focused on linguistics and political service within the British Indian government. He served as the British Political Representative in Cairo during the First World War. His career encompassed military service, diplomacy, and the study of languages.


This is an academic study of the phonological structures of three dialects of modern Persian, with a focus on the relationship between sound patterns and grammatical structures. The book includes extensive linguistic analysis and detailed vocabularies for each dialect.