# Lurgan Sahib — Kim character guide

> Lurgan Sahib in Kim by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lurgan, Mr. Lurgan, the Sahib

**First appearance:** 0005-vi

## Snapshot

A jewel merchant in Simla whose shop is a cabinet of curiosities and whose real trade is training spies, he teaches Kim the arts of memory, disguise, and observation.

## Who they are

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 initiation into a secret order, testing the boy's memory and his ability to see what others miss. His methods are unorthodox and his manner unsettling, yet he treats Kim as an equal in a way that neither Father Victor nor the schoolmasters ever did. He is the novel's most enigmatic figure, a man whose true loyalties remain as opaque as the jewels he sells.

## Relationships

### [Kim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/kim)

_professional_

Lurgan Sahib trains Kim in espionage, observation, and disguise at his jewelry shop, serving as a stern but effective instructor.

### [Teshoo Lama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/teshoo_lama)

_social_

Lurgan Sahib and the Teshoo Lama have a courteous but distant acquaintance, with Lurgan respecting the lama's spiritual authority.

### [Mahbub Ali](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/mahbub_ali)

_professional_

Lurgan Sahib and Mahbub Ali are fellow intelligence operatives who coordinate Kim's training and assignments within the Great Game.

### [Hurree Chunder Mookerjee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/hurree_chunder_mookerjee)

_professional_

Hurree Chunder Mookerjee and Lurgan Sahib are fellow intelligence agents who share information and coordinate espionage activities.

### [Kim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/kim)

_professional_

Lurgan Sahib trains Kim in espionage, observation, and disguise at his jewelry shop, serving as a stern but effective instructor.

### [Mahbub Ali](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/mahbub_ali)

_professional_

Lurgan Sahib and Mahbub Ali are fellow intelligence operatives who coordinate Kim's training and assignments within the Great Game.

### [Teshoo Lama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/teshoo_lama)

_social_

Lurgan Sahib and the Teshoo Lama have a courteous but distant acquaintance, with Lurgan respecting the lama's spiritual authority.

### [Hurree Chunder Mookerjee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/hurree_chunder_mookerjee)

_professional_

Hurree Chunder Mookerjee and Lurgan Sahib are fellow intelligence agents who share information and coordinate espionage activities.

### [Kim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/kim)

_professional_

Lurgan Sahib trains Kim in espionage, observation, and disguise at his jewelry shop, serving as a stern but effective instructor.

### [Teshoo Lama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/teshoo_lama)

_social_

Lurgan Sahib and the Teshoo Lama have a courteous but distant acquaintance, with Lurgan respecting the lama's spiritual authority.

### [Hurree Chunder Mookerjee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/hurree_chunder_mookerjee)

_professional_

Hurree Chunder Mookerjee and Lurgan Sahib are fellow intelligence agents who share information and coordinate espionage activities.

### [Mahbub Ali](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/characters/mahbub_ali)

_professional_

Lurgan Sahib and Mahbub Ali are fellow intelligence operatives who coordinate Kim's training and assignments within the Great Game.

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/chapters/ix)

Trains Kim in observation, disguise, and espionage; treats Kim as an equal on the Asiatic side.

### [The Great Game Intensifies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/chapters/x)

Trains Kim in native drugs, charms, and Koranic recitation; advises him alongside Mahbub.

### [The Juggler's Art](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/chapters/xi)

Referenced as Kim's trainer in disguise and magic.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kim_se/chapters/xiii)

Mentioned as having been told the tale of Hurree's deception.

## Links

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