The Asian Age
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Cover Illustrations:(front) study of portrait of Abdul Karim, 1891 (courtesy of Reid Archives); Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee portrait (The Royal Collection © 2009 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II).
First published 2011
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