| | | | Srirangapatna, Mysore |
| | | | 1974 |
| 1 | Abbas | Muhammad | A toymaker. Protagonist. |
| | Junaid | Muhammad | Abba's older brother. |
| | Yusuf | Muhammad | Abba's father. |
| | Tipu | Sultan | The tiger of
Mysore. Aka: Fath Ali khan. |
| | The Nizam | of Hyderabad | One of Tipu Sultan's enemies. |
| | The Nairs | Of Malabar | One of Tipu Sultan's enemies. |
| | The | Maraths | One of Tipu Sultan's enemies. |
| | Zubaida | Begum | One of the high-ranking consorts of Tipu's senana. |
| | Khwaja | Irfan | Zubaida's assistant. |
| | Ustad | Mahfuz | One of the leatherworkers. |
| | Bilal | | One of the leatherworkers. |
| | Madhava | Jr. | One of the leatherworkers. |
| | Madhava | Sr. | One of the leatherworkers. |
| | Tariq | Khandan | One of the leatherworkers. |
| | Ustad | Saadat | One of the leatherworkers. |
| | Bahadur | Khan | One of the tigers. |
| | Lucien | Du Leze | Tipu Sultan's French friend.
Abbes' master. |
| | Raja | Khan | One of Tipu's servants. |
| 2 | Muiz-ud-in | | Tipu's favorite son. |
| | Abdul | Khaliq | Muiz's older brother. |
| | Cornwallis | | Khaliq and Muiz's guardian. |
| 3 | Louis | XVI | The King of France. |
| | Akbar | Ali Khan | One of the envoys. |
| | Muhammad | Ousman Khan | One of the envoys. |
| | Blaque | | Du Leze's business partner. |
| 5 | Gourcuff | | A soldier. |
| | Laurent | | The lieutenant. |
| 6 | Baillie | | The colonel. |
| | Jacques | Martine | De Leze's former classmate. Tipu's engineer. |
| | Jehanne | Du Leze | Martine's daughter. Lucien's wife. Aka: Jehan. |
| 7 | Sayyid | Ghaffur | One of Tipu's most
distinguished officers. |
| | Mir | Sadiq | One of Tipu's most
distinguished officers. |
| | Muhammad | Raza | One of Tipu's most
distinguished officers. |
| | Khan Jehan | Khan | One of Tipu's most
distinguished officers. |
| | Purnaiya | | One of Tipu's most
distinguished officers. |
| | Haidar | Ali | Tipu's father. |
| | Wonderhand | | Superintendent of Goldsmiths. |
| | Ghulam | Muhammad | One of Tipu's sons. |
| | | | Mysore |
| | | | 1798-1799 |
| 1 | Devi | | Du Leze's cook. |
| | Sukumaran | | Du Leze's new cook. |
| | Admiral | Ripaud | The leader of Jacobins. |
| | Sahra | Bhabhi | Junaid's wife. |
| | Ammi | | Abba's mother. |
| 2 | Al-Jazari | | Son of rice merchant. |
| | Khasa-Charmaraja | Wodeyar | The most recent King. |
| 3 | Khadijah | Begum | Tipu's wife. Deceased. |
| | Isabelle | | Du Leze's sister. |
| | | | Final Months of Tipu Sultan |
| | | | 1799 |
| | Wellesley | | The current governor. |
| | Riyad | | Tipu's taster. |
| | Stuart | | A general. Tipu's colleagues. |
| | Benki | | Tipu's cousin. |
| | William | Congreve | The man who will make a replica of Tipu's rocket. |
| | Harris | | Tipu's enemy. A general. |
| | | | The Siege |
| | Sadiq | | The head of Mysore's troops. |
| | Munir | | Abba's fellow stretcher bearer. |
| | Horace | Selwyn | One of General Harris's colonel. |
| | Rangappa | Rao | Selwyn's aide de camp. Aka: Rum. |
| | Allan | | One of the prize agents. |
| | Lady | Selwyn | Colonel Selwyn's wife. Aka: Aggie, Agnes. |
| | | | A Journal of my Time in the Liquid World |
| | Thomas | Beddicker | Abba's co-sailor. One of the narrators. |
| | William | Lowden | Thomas's messmates. |
| | Samuel | Lowden | William's elder brother. |
| | Northcote | | The captain. |
| | Mr. | Grimmer | The master carpenter. |
| | Gordon | | One of Thomas's messmates. |
| | Mr. | Bazeley | The assistant surgeon. |
| | Captain | Bowser | The H.M. Frigate Egyptienne Commander. |
| | Captain | Maquet | The commander of the confiance. |
| | | | Rouen, France |
| | | | 1805 |
| 1 | Marie | Angele | A Nun. |
| 2 | Madame | Boldt | One of Jehan's customers. |
| | Godin | | A clockmaker. |
| | | | Clover Point Castle |
| | | | 1805 |
| 1 | Mrs. | Chapman | One of Lady Selwyn's housemaids. |
| | Fellowes | | Lady Selwyn's butler. |
| 2 | Mr. | Flood | One of Selwyn's footmen. |
| | Middle | John | The farmer that Abbas met. |
| | John | Townshend | Middle John's father. |
| 4 | Richard | Selwyn | Lady Selwyn's only son. |
| | Mr. | Dickens | One of Lady Selwyn's servants. |
| 6 | Via | | One of Lady Selwyn's maids. |
| | | | Rouen, France |
| | Madame | Gardam | Isabelle's friend. |
| | | | The Voyage |
| | Mrs. | Cruickshank | Fellowes's mother. |
| | Bertie | | The man that Rum met. |
