Mohammed Abdul Karim (1863 — 20 April 1909), also known as "the Munshi", was an Indian attendant of Queen Victoria. He served her during the final fourteen years of her reign, gaining her maternal affection over that time.

Mar 14, 2011 · Abdul Karim was one of Queen Victoria's closest confidants despite efforts by royal circles to suppress their relationship before and after her death

Sep 20, 2017 · Queen Victoria’s unusually close friendship with her Indian servant began at the 1887 celebration and spanned 14 years, a period captured in the new movie Victoria & Abdul, starring Judi Dench as...

Oct 4, 2017 · After her death in 1901, did the Queen's family really try to erase all evidence of her friendship with Abdul Karim? Author Shrabani Basu stumbled upon this painting of Abdul Karim while visiting Victoria and Albert's former summer home.

Oct 22, 2024 · The close relationship between Queen Victoria and her young Indian attendant Abdul Karim was deemed controversial and scandalous by the royal court. A fter the Queen passed away, the family evicted Karim from the home the …

Mar 27, 2019 · Indian servant Abdul Karim was treated by Queen Victoria as her equal and closest confidant. But racism had the court erase him from history. The Queen signed her letters to Karim "your closest friend," "your loving mother," and even fluffed his …

ʻAbd al-Karīm (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الكريم) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, also a surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Karīm, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. [1][2] It means "servant of the most Generous".

Abdul Karim, a young prison clerk from a Muslim, Urdu-speaking family in Agra, British India, is instructed to travel to Britain for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 to present her with a mohur, a gold coin that has been minted as a token of appreciation from British-ruled India.

Sep 22, 2017 · The relationship between Queen Victoria and her handsome, young Indian attendant Abdul Karim was deemed so controversial and scandalous by her family members that, upon the monarch’s death in...

Oct 23, 2018 · Abdul Karim, known as the Munshi, was Queen Victoria’s Indian attendant 1887 – 1901. Abdul Karim was born in 1863 in Lalitpur in British India now in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.