People thought the Nihang dastar bunga I posted was a wizard hat – here it is worn by Akali Phula Singh, Nihang General of the Sikh Empire, c.1820s. Portrait commissioned by French Napoleonic veteran Jean-François Allard at the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh [1438×1906]
The spells on the hat are
-Minor bleeding
-Uncure wounds
-Greater fuck-you
I am entertained by some frenchman at the maharajas court just hanging out and comissioning paintings like “Draw that dude for me!” ( I’m going to assume some internal debate by the General over “which part of the armory do I want to be pictured with?” )
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The definition of strapped to the gills
The spells on the hat are
-Minor bleeding
-Uncure wounds
-Greater fuck-you
I am entertained by some frenchman at the maharajas court just hanging out and comissioning paintings like “Draw that dude for me!” ( I’m going to assume some internal debate by the General over “which part of the armory do I want to be pictured with?” )
[Akali Phula Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akali_Phula_Singh) was quite the individual! I always wonder what meeting such a person would be like.
Okay but nowhere do you state that he wasn’t a wizard