FRANCIS BUCHANAN-HAMILTON

(Francis Buchanan)


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Francis Buchanan-Hamilton

I shall now add three dialects, spoken in the Burma Empire, but evidently derived from the language of the Hindu nation. The first is that spoken by the Mohammedans, who have long settled in Arakan, and who call themselves Rooinga, or natives of Arakan.
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This seemingly academic quotation became extremely important over 200 years after it was written because it documents the historical presence of the Rohingya Muslim people in the Arakan province of Burma (Myanmar) which is mostly very orthodox Buddhist. In 1982, the Burmese government revoked the citizenship of the Rohingya on the grounds that they were illegal immigrants from bordering Bangladesh and had no historical roots in Burma. This quotation shows that this claim was untrue.

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  • Born: February 15, 1762
  • Died: June 15, 1829
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Dr Francis Buchanan FRS FRSE FLS FAS FSA DL, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India. He did not assume the name of Hamilton until three years after his retirement from India.