Mahbub Ali

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Mahbub Ali is a resourceful Afghan horse trader and British intelligence agent who plays a key mentoring and espionage role in Rudyard Kipling’s novel "Kim."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
horse trader
literary character
spy
appearsIn Kim NERFINISHED
associatedWith British Empire NERFINISHED
Central Asian espionage
The Great Game NERFINISHED
authorOfFictionalUniverse Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED
characterTrait cunning
loyal
pragmatic
resourceful
countryOfFictionalWork India NERFINISHED
createdBy Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED
employer British intelligence NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Afghan
fictionalUniverse Kim universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Kim NERFINISHED
genreOfWorkAppearsIn adventure novel
hasAlias Mahbub Ali, horse dealer
hasRelationshipWith British secret service NERFINISHED
Kimball O'Hara NERFINISHED
involvedIn covert operations
intelligence gathering
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryMovementOfAuthor British literature
literaryRole mentor figure
supporting character
medium novel
nationality Afghan
notableFor mentoring Kim in espionage
serving British intelligence as an Afghan agent
occupation horse trader
intelligence agent
partOf characters in Kim
roleInWork espionage agent
mentor to Kimball O'Hara
settingPeriod late 19th century
workSetIn British India NERFINISHED

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Kim hasCharacter Mahbub Ali
Kim (novel) hasCharacter Mahbub Ali