Zamin Ki Dost Explained

Zamin Ki Dost
Birth Name:	Willimina Leonora Armstrong
Birth Date:	August 14, 1866
Birth Place:	Nebraska
Death Date:	November 2, 1947
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California
Occupation:	physician, writer, lecturer
Notable Works:	Incense of Sandalwood (1904) Son of Power (1920, with Will Levington Comfort)
Relatives:	Saleni Armstrong-Hopkins (sister)

Zamin Ki Dost (; pen name of Willimina Leonora Armstrong) (August 14, 1866 – November 2, 1947) was an American physician, writer, and lecturer. She is best known for her book Incense of Sandalwood (1904)^[1] and stories of India written in collaboration with Will Levington Comfort and published as Son of Power (1920).^[2]

Early life and education

Willimina Leonora Armstrong was born in Nebraska in 1866,^[3] the daughter of William Leonard Armstrong and Elizabeth Summers Armstrong (1830-1870). Her father was a Union Army surgeon in the American Civil War. She was educated in Philadelphia.^[4]

Career

In 1887 she went to India as a medical missionary and served with her older sister, physician Saleni Armstrong-Hopkins.^[5] In 1901 she settled in Los Angeles teaching philosophy,^[6] and writing stories and poems. In 1904 she published the book Incense of Sandalwood where she gathered her experience of living in India. She wrote eighteen stories of India under the pen name Zamin Ki Dost published in collaboration with Will Levington Comfort as Son of Power.^[7] She also composed songs.^[8] Armstrong was sued in 1913 for compelling a loan from one of her students with hypnotism.^[9]

Death

Willimina Leonora Armstrong died in 1947, and is buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, California. Her papers are in the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.^[10]

Works

Books

• 1904 – Willimina Leonora Armstrong, Incense of the Sandalwood
• 1920 – Will Levington Comfort, Willimina Leonora Armstrong, Son of Power^[2]
• 1931 – Will Levington Comfort, Zamin ki Dost, Caroline Renner, Bestien und Heilige^[11]
• 1957 – Essential things to know and do, compiled by Noor Zhan^[12]

Songs

• 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Have no Fear^[13]
• 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Armageddon^[14]
• 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Light of my eyes^[15]
• 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, I hear his voice calling me^[16]
• 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, America invincible; Office for our dead^[17]
• 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Lullabye^[18]
• 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, A hymn to world peace; Office for our dead^[19]
• 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, The great transmuter^[20]
• 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Uncle Samuel's men^[21]

External links

1. Willimina Leonora Armstrong on Find a Grave

Notes and References

1. Book: Armstrong, Willimina Leonora. Incense of Sandalwood. 1904. Baumgardt Publishing Company. en.
2. Book: Dost, 1866-1947; Comfort Will Levington Zamin Ki. Son of Power. 2006. Project Gutenberg.. en.
3. Web site: LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress). Congress. The Library of. id.loc.gov. 2020-01-11.
4. Web site: Zamin Ki Dost, 1866-1947 - Social Networks and Archival Context. snaccooperative.org. 2020-01-11.
5. Web site: Finding Aid for the Zamin Ki Dost Papers, 1930-1960. oac.cdlib.org. 2020-01-11.
6. News: 1906-12-21. Institute Sessions. 10. The Pomona Progress. 2020-09-16. Newspapers.com.
7. Book: McWilliams, Carey. Southern California: An Island on the Land. 1973. Gibbs Smith. 978-0-87905-007-8. 255. en.
8. Web site: Zamin Ki dost - Franklin Search Results. franklin.library.upenn.edu. 2020-01-11.
9. News: 1913-09-06. Asks Law to Wrest Cash from Grip of Occult. 11. The Los Angeles Times. 2020-09-16. Newspapers.com.
10. http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/ucla/mss/zamin740.pdf Finding Aid for the Zamin Ki Dost Papers, 1930-1960
11. Book: Bestien und Heilige. Comfort. Will Levington. Dost. Zamin Ki. Renner. Caroline. 1931. Transmare Verlag. de.
12. Web site: Essential things to know and do, New Age Publishing. 1957. UCLA Library.
13. Web site: Have no fear. Zamin Ki Dost. 1918. franklin.library.upenn.edu. 2020-01-11.
14. Web site: Armageddon. Zamin Ki Dost. 1918. franklin.library.upenn.edu. 2020-01-11.
15. Web site: Light of my eyes. Zamin Ki Dost. 1918. franklin.library.upenn.edu. 2020-01-11.
16. Web site: I hear his voice calling me. Zamin Ki Dost. 1918. franklin.library.upenn.edu. 2020-01-11.
17. Web site: America invincible ; Office for our dead/. Zamin Ki Dost. 1918. franklin.library.upenn.edu. 2020-01-11.
18. Web site: Lullabye /. Zamin Ki Dost. 1918. franklin.library.upenn.edu. 2020-01-11.
19. Web site: A hymn to world peace ; Office for our dead /. Zamin Ki Dost. 1918. franklin.library.upenn.edu. 2020-01-11.
20. Web site: The great transmuter /. Zamin Ki Dost. 1918. franklin.library.upenn.edu. 2020-01-11.
21. Web site: Uncle Samuel's men /. Zamin Ki Dost. 1918. franklin.library.upenn.edu. 2020-01-11.