His arms were unusually long. He let his beard and moustache grow, and from under his turban a lock of curled hair hung down one side of his face. His eyes were very fine, and contrasted in their soft and melancholy beauty with the curved aquiline nose. The Frenchman, Thevenot, wrote of him: “Ce rajah est petit et bazane, avec des yeux vifs qui marquent beaucoup d’esprit.” The English chaplain of Bombay described him as “erect, and of an excellent proportion, active in exercise, and whenever he speaks he seems to smile. He has a quick and piercing eye.”
