Grand Mosque, Divrigi, UNESCO, Sivas, Eastern Turkey

Sam Dalrymple

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Sam Dalrymple is a Delhi-raised Scottish historian, filmmaker, and multimedia producer. He graduated from the University of Oxford as a Persian and Sanskrit scholar, where he served as president and co-founder of the Oxford University Silk Road Society. In 2018, he co-founded Project Dastaan, a peace-building initiative that reconnects refugees displaced by the 1947 Partition of India.

His work has been published in The New York Times and featured in TIME, The New Yorker, and The Economist. He is also a columnist for Architectural Digest. His debut book, ‘Shattered Lands: The Five Partitions of Britain’s Indian Empire,’ will be published by Harper Collins in August 2025.

Sam has collaborated with BBC Radio 4, and his debut film, ‘Child of Empire,’ premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022. The premiere of his animated series ‘Lost Migrations’ sold out at the British Film Institute. With a passion for uncovering hidden interiors and an obsession with street food, he spends much of his free time seeking out heritage sites across South Asia and the Middle East.

Konyak man, Longwa, Nagaland,
Konyak man in Nagaland, India

Hidden Assam and The Aoling Festival with Sam Dalrymple

A 10-day small group tour to India’s scenically beautiful, and culturally fascinating northeastern states of Nagaland and Assam, to attend one of the world’s most remote tribal festivals.

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Akdamar Island in Van Lake, The Armenian Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross, Turkey
Akdamar Island, Lake Van

Eastern Turkey with Sam Dalrymple

Join Sam Dalrymple to explore Eastern Turkey, home to some of the most important archaeological sites found anywhere in the world and a fascinating melting pot of history and culture.

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