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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Salaams Maurice Its a great drawing but... The chaps to the left are wearing sash and sword..Kastane. They are Mudalyars. They are the middle aristocracy and officers of the beaurocracy ... head civil servants/officers... through whom the Dutch did their bidding. I think however that we are speaking the same language since they were Sri Lankan and working essentially for the Dutch... and a few years after no doubt for the English. 
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi. |
Hello Ibrahiim,
OK thank you for noticing. I really didn't know they were, all I could get from the text was that they were natives, but employed by the VOC.
I'll post more on the subject later..
Regards,
Maurice