Mahomet Allum (original) (raw)

Mohamet Allum (c. 1858 – 21 March 1964), also known as Mohammed Alam Khan and nicknamed "The Wonder Man", was an Afghan herbalist based in Adelaide, South Australia. He arrived as one of the Afghan cameleers brought into Australia to work on the camel trains which were being used to explore the interior of the continent in the late 19th century, and worked around the country before settling in Adelaide in 1899.