The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria\'s Golden Jubilee.
Devastated by the death of John Brown, her Scottish ghillie, the.
Within a year, he was established as a powerful figure at court, becoming the queen\'s teacher, or Munshi, and instructing her in Urdu and Indian affairs.
An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself.
The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria\'s Golden Jubilee