Abdul Karim, or 'the Munshi,' served as the royal's butler during the final 14 years of her lengthy reign.
Abdul Karim , nicknamed"Munshi" by the queen, served as the royal's butler during the final 14 years of her lengthy reign.One picture features in a set of four taken at Balmoral Castle in the late 1880s and 1890.A spokesman for the auction house said:"Hafiz Abdul Karim was recruited as an Indian servant for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
The queen warmed to the 24-year-old immediately when they first met in 1887, the year of her Golden Jubilee. The pair spent many of their days together, with Karim giving the queen daily Urdu and Hindi lessons, educating her on Indian politics - and even introducing her to curry.
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