# The Old Soldier — Kim character guide

> The Old Soldier in Kim by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the old soldier, the Jat

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Who they are

A retired Sikh soldier who befriends Kim and the lama on the Grand Trunk Road.

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