# Mahbub Ali — Kim character guide

> Mahbub Ali in Kim by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mahbub, Ali Beg, old Mahbub Ali, Old Mahbub

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A Pathan horse trader and British intelligence agent who recruits Kim into the Great Game.

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