20th century, Afghanistan, historical figure, quotes
A book on the Indian stage-fool vidusaka affirms the likely existence of real-world court fools in India, and provides the only reference I recall to an early 20th century jester at the Afghan court.  A tantalising possibility needing more information.    … we...
19th century, Afghanistan, fooleum, historical figure, painting, primary source, quotes, watercolour
This watercolour was done by Vigne who travelled with a Lohani caravan between Multan and Kabul in the 1830s. Although the sketch is titled ‘Fool’, we know nothing more as he doesn’t mention anything related in his travel account.Who was this...
