Indian imperial general (Delhi) in turban, robes, sash, dagger, and sword.

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General in the Indian imperial guard (Delhi) in turban with plume, embroidered robes, jeweled belt, sash, dagger, and sword. Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier after an illustration by H. Hendrickx from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.

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