"Perry Miniatures SA2 Khalifa and Two Emirs" Topic

Does anyone know which figure is the Khalifa?

Is there a "uniform" guide or images to paint them?

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I'd say the one on the left is the Khalifa. Wrt painting, I don't know

I would agree with Dave. But have you thought of emailing the Perrys and asking them?

Jim

Hi. I did email them but it is hit and miss. Sometimes they respond and other times I'm ghosted. Considering I spent much dineros $$$ buying Perry Miniatures recently, they should respond. I've been a good customer.

Have that set and believe the one on the left is the Khalifa.

Not so sure, isn't he usually depicted with a beard and wearing a turban?

Here are a couple of painted Amirs.

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Rudolph Slatin was the Khalifa's prisoner for years. Here is his description of the Khalifa from his book Fire and Sword in the Sudan:
Abdullahi's dress consists of a jibba made of superfine white cotton cloth with a coloured border, loose cotton drawers, and on his head a beautifully made Mecca silk skull-cap, around which a small white turban is wound. Around his body a narrow strip of cotton, about five yards long, called wassan, is worn, and a light shawl of the same material is thrown across his shoulders. He formerly wore sandals; but latterly he has taken to wearing soft leather stockings of a light brown colour, and yellow shoes. When walking, he carries a sword in his left hand, and in his right a beautifully worked Hadendoa spear, which he uses as a walking-stick.

The book is on the internet here: link

There are several drawings of the Khalifa in the book, and they show him in white with a dark something around his neck.
He doesn't seem to be wearing the patches symbolizing poverty associated with the early dervish movement.

Grelber