England/UK: 'Opium Smoking in the Lascar's Room', London. Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1873. Engraved image titled: 'Opium Smoking - The Lascar's Room in Edwin Drood', from Harper's Weekly. A 'Lascar' was a sailor or militiaman from the Indian subcontinent or other countries east of the Cape of Good Hope, employed on European ships from the 16th century until the beginning of the 20th century. The word comes from the Persian Lashkar, meaning military camp or army, and al-askar, the Arabic word for a guard or soldier.

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