Characters:

Moslem

Dr. Aziz – a medical doctor and widower with three children, the main Indian character; his trial for a crime for which he is wrongly accused is the major plot of the novel

Mahmoud Ali – friend of Dr. Aziz and pleader in his court case (220); Heaslop says his specialty is making a scene at a trial

Hamidullah – a friend of Dr. Aziz, owner of the car; his wife, Hamidullah Begum, is a distant aunt of Aziz; leading lawyer of Chandrapore, Cambridge educated; changes his British title and reverts to plain Mr. Zulfiqar (237)

Nawab Bahadur – leading Moslem landowner of the district; a philanthropist

Mohammed Latif – a distant cousin of Hamidullah described as living on “Hamidullah’s bounty and  . . . occupy[ing] the position neither of a servant nor of an equal” (14)

Mrs. Bhattacharya – a Bengali woman Mrs. Moore attempts to visit

Nureddin – grandson of Nawab Bahadur (99-100); steals grandfather’s car but has an accident in it (203)

Syed Mohammed – assistant engineer

Mr. Haz – a police inspector who arrests Dr. Aziz after excursion to Marabar Caves (161)

Rafi – the engineer’s nephew (see 103)

Mr. Das – Magistrate hearing Aziz’s trial

Hindu

Professor Narayan Godbole – teacher, Minister of Education; capable of mystic visions

Dr. Panna Lal (58-) – a doctor who does go to the Collector’s party and who dislikes Aziz; assistant to Aziz at hospital

Amritrao – Calcutta lawyer, Oxford trained,  hired to defend Dr. Aziz

British

Ronny Heaslop – City Magistrate in Chandrapore

Major Callendar – Civil Surgeon who works at same hospital with Dr. Aziz

Mr. Turton – the Collector (25); he and his wife are described as “little gods” in Chandrapore; invites a group of British and Indians to the club early in the novel

Mrs. Moore – mother of Ronnie, who comes for a visit, accompanied by Miss Quested and leaves before Dr. Aziz’s trial; she dies on shipboard leaving Bombay, though the telegram came from Aden; she was buried at sea (249) in the Red Sea (256)

Adela Quested – becomes fiancé of Ronnie after having decided that they were not suited to each other; thinks she has been attacked in a cave at Marabar; withdraws testimony, and leaves in ignominy

Miss Derek – friend of Miss Quested; visiting with the McBrydes; comes in separate car belonging to Mudkul State to Marabar Caves

Stella – Mrs. Moore’s daughter; she becomes engaged to Fielding by the end of the novel

Cyril Fielding – British school teacher (61), described in text as “Principal of the little Government College” (45) stands by Dr. Aziz during his legal troubles, but also befriends Miss Quested

Mr. McBryde – District Superintendent of Police (166); prosecutor at Dr. Aziz’s trial