This photo of Risaldar Ali Muhammed Khan was taken during Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897. It should be compared with photos of the same officer taken in 1903 when he came to London once again, as a King’s Orderly Officer. The blue kurta is similar to the one he wore in the 1890 and 1892 photos but has extra braid bordering the gold lace down the front of the kurta. But there is no braid around the shoulder chains as in the later versions of this uniform. The braid that appears above his white gauntlets suggests that his light blue cuffs have, at this stage, only an edging of gold lace and a line of small braid circlets decorating the top edge. He has a gold laced pouch-belt and waist-belt that have a pale blue central silk stripe. The clasp on the waist-belt is burnished gilt with a silver wreath around a number 2 and crown above. His sword is in a leather frog which is suspended from the waist-belt. This would make it easy to take out and slot into a leather loop on the saddle when mounted.
The red kummerbund underneath the waist-belt is heavily embroidered, Kashmir fashion. His white breeches are worn with black boots and steel spurs, as opposed to the puttees worn in earlier photos. His pagri is blue and gold striped, as seen in the portrait of Risaldar Ali Muhammed Khan by Rudolf Swoboda.
