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Dr. Francis Buchanan

“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 been long settled in Arakan, and who call themselves Rooinga `{`Rohingya`}`, or natives of Arakan.” A Comparative Vocabulary of Some of the Languages Spoken in the Burma Empire, p. 237, December 26, 1799

Dr. Francis BuchananScottish Geographer

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History and Victimhood: Engaging with Rohingya Issues
Abstract: Since the late 1990s, the public representation of the Muslim mi- nority of Rakhine State (Myanmar), widely known as...
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The Chittagonians in Colonial Arakan: Seasonal and Settlement Migrations
Introduction: Muslim Chittagonians formed the dominant group of seasonal labourers and new settlers in north and central Arakan (now Rakhine...
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