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Fakir Syad Aziz-o-Deen

Watercolour by a Company artist, Punjab, 1865 (c).

The term 'fakir' was used by the British to describe a whole variety of South Asian Sikh, Hindu and Moslem ascetics and teachers such as sadhus, gurus and Sufi mystics. It was also used to describe street entertainers who performed feats of magic and endurance such as walking on hot coals or lying on a bed of nails.

From the first of two volumes of watercolours entitled, 'The Kingdom of the Punjab, its Rulers and Chiefs'.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1968-07-469--20

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1968-07-469--20

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