Sowar of Rohilla Cavalry, 1815 (c)
Watercolour on European paper, by a Company artist, 1815 (c).
The Rohillas were a tough, tribal, Muslim people originally from Afghanistan. They lived by breeding and trading horses. Well-suited to frontier fighting, they were recruited by the British into the Rohilla Cavalry and other irregular cavalry regiments which served in Bengal.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1982-04-558-1
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1982-04-558-1
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