
Mei Zhang (born 1905) was a British-Chinese girl who lived in Birmingham, England during the early 20th century. The daughter of Qingli Zhang, a Chinese immigrant, she lived in the Garrison Courts section of the city, and the washer women callde her a witch due to her supposed supernatural abilities. In 1919, Peaky Blinders leader Tommy Shelby hired her to perform a powder trick which made his prize horse "Monaghan Boy" win a race.