"9th Bengal Cavalry" Topic

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Jack Jones	01 Apr 2023 7:21 a.m. PST
Hi All I have this photo of 9th Bengal Cavalry at Suakin in 1885 (in Brian Robson's Fuzzy Wuzzy). I am wondering about the colour of the turbans. These are captioned as officers; would officers' and OR's turbans be the same? Cheers JJ More on my blog sandsofsoudan.blogspot.com
enfant perdus	01 Apr 2023 12:16 p.m. PST
These would be very dark blue with yellow/gold contrast. OR's would be basically the same except they would b expected to wrap their turbans in a uniform manner, allowing for differences of religion of course. As you can see here, the Indian officers are allowed a great deal of latitude in how they wrap their turbans. They also tend to have a patka (head covering worn under the turban) in the contrasting color.
Jack Jones	02 Apr 2023 5:52 a.m. PST
Thank you for this. I guess what I am hoping for is something similar to a tartan painting guide. Cheers JJ
Rakkasan	02 Apr 2023 11:16 a.m. PST
Maybe this will help: link
Jack Jones	02 Apr 2023 2:36 p.m. PST
@Rakkasan Thank you! That looks very interesting. We may have some guidance on the appearance of the 9th's turbans, courtesy ‘Earl Cardigan' on the Facebook Colonial Wargaming group: link
Old Contemptible	20 Apr 2023 2:13 a.m. PST
Sikander Sahib's Yellow Boys by Mark Churms. link link

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