# Kim — Character guide

> Key figures in Kim by Rudyard Kipling.

- [Kim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/kim.md): Kim is a bazaar child who speaks Urdu better than English and belongs fully to neither the colonizers nor the colonized. When he attaches himself to a Tibetan lama as a chela, his talent for disguise and mimicry draws th
- [Teshoo Lama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/teshoo_lama.md): The lama has left his monastery in the Himalayas to find the river that will cleanse him of sin and free him from the Wheel of Life. His serene otherworldliness contrasts sharply with Kim's street cunning, yet the two fo
- [Mahbub Ali](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/mahbub_ali.md): Mahbub Ali operates in the borderlands where commerce and espionage blur, selling horses to Rajahs while carrying coded messages for Colonel Creighton. He recognizes Kim's potential as a spy and becomes both mentor and e
- [Hurree Chunder Mookerjee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/hurree_chunder_mookerjee.md): Hurree Babu is a man caught between worlds, a Western-educated Bengali who serves the British while feeling the pull of Indian nationalism. He plays the fool to disarm suspicion, but beneath the buffoonery lies a shrewd 
- [Colonel Creighton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/colonel_creighton.md): Colonel Creighton moves through the novel with the quiet authority of a man who knows more than he says, treating espionage as a branch of scientific inquiry. He recognizes Kim's value precisely because the boy can go wh
- [Lurgan Sahib](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/lurgan_sahib.md): Lurgan Sahib inhabits a world of sick pearls and devil-masks, where the boundaries between commerce, magic, and espionage dissolve. He trains Kim in the skills of the trade through games and exercises that feel like init
- [Father Victor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/father_victor.md): A Catholic priest who helps arrange Kim's education at St. Xavier's.
- [Mr. Bennett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/mr_bennett.md): A Church of England missionary who initially takes charge of Kim.
- [The Old Soldier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/the_old_soldier.md): A retired Sikh soldier who befriends Kim and the lama on the Grand Trunk Road.
- [The Old Lady](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/the_old_lady.md): A wealthy widow who hosts Kim and the lama at her estate.
- [Huneefa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/huneefa.md): A sorceress who performs a protective ritual over Kim before his spy mission.
- [E.23](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/e23.md): A British spy in disguise who seeks Kim's help to escape enemies.
- [The English Memsahib](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/the_english_memsahib.md): A British woman who interacts with Kim at the hill station.
- [The Oorya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/the_oorya.md): A servant from Orissa who assists at the old lady's house.
- [The Family Priest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/the_family_priest.md): A priest serving the old lady's household.
- [The Bull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/the_bull.md): A prophetic symbol in Kim's destiny.
- [The Frenchman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/the_frenchman.md): A French spy working with the Russians.

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