"9th Bengal Cavalry" Topic
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| Jack Jones | 01 Apr 2023 6:21 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
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 enfant perdus  | 01 Apr 2023 11:16 a.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 4:52 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 10:16 a.m. PST |
Maybe this will help:
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| Jack Jones | 02 Apr 2023 1:36 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 1:13 a.m. PST |
Sikander Sahib's Yellow Boys by Mark Churms. link
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