One of my favorite Wikipedia deep-dives recently was into the eventful life of Col. James Skinner, who represents an odd early moment of possibility for the British in India:
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In Company Style: Illustrations from James Skinner’s *Kitāb-i tashrīḥ al-aqvām* (1825)
An illuminated Persian manuscript about customs, culture, and caste, written by an enigmatic figure of the early British Raj.
