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 SIKH AKALI. (324)

IKH Akalies have been described on former occasions, and there is nothing worthy of special record in relation to the person represented, who resides in Sind. His figure is, however, eminently characteristic and picturesque. The white turban, tied round the silk handkerchief, which keeps together the long hair; the capacious loongee, or scarf, wound round the chest and waist, and the flowered chintz chogha, or gown, combine, with the long white beard and fine features, to present a singular and not uninteresting figure. The Sikhs have made many proselytes among the Lohana classes in Sind; but they have not in all respects become assimilated to the Sikhs of the Punjab.