The curious story of Sikandar Sahib. The art loving mercenary. tribuneindia.com/news/features/… 
The son of Hercules Skinner and a local woman Sikander Sahib fought against another Irish mercenary George Thomas aka Jaharai Jung who has a more interesting back story. livehistoryindia.com/cover-story/20…
Thomas was a Navy deserter from Tipperary, who ended up running a mercenary army for a former dancing girl. thewildgeese.irish/profiles/blogs…
Armand Levassoult, a French mercenary stole her away from the former dock worker turned General. Begum-Samru was captured and tied to the mouth of a cannon. The Irishman came back and rescued her. This seems like a reasonable plot for an action movie
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There is a Bollywood movie in development but no sign of it yet. Begum Samru's real life story beats the hell out of Wonder Woman any day. nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/0…
Some of these characters are in a Flashman retread by a new author featuring Harry's uncle "Thomas". They don't have the crackle and snap that George MacDonald Fraser gave them. brownpundits.com/2020/06/08/boo…
There are ten of the "Thomas Flashman" series. A pretty low risk at $2.99 each for the kindle version. amazon.com/Adventures-Tho…
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