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'''Marmaduke William Pickthall''' (1875-1936) was a British Muslim scholar. | '''Marmaduke William Pickthall''' or '''Muhammad Pickthall''' (1875-1936) was a British Muslim scholar.s born in England in 1875. | ||
Although lacking a formal education, he gained a reputation as a Middle-Eastern scholar by his intense traveling in the Middle East. A strong advocate of the Ottomane Empire, In the 1910s he embraced Islam and joined the Woking Muslim Mission. From 1920 to 1935 he lived in India as editor of the Bombay Chronicle. It was in India that he completed his translation of the [[Qur'an]] in 1930. | Although lacking a formal education, he gained a reputation as a Middle-Eastern scholar by his intense traveling in the Middle East. A strong advocate of the Ottomane Empire, In the 1910s he embraced Islam and joined the Woking Muslim Mission. From 1920 to 1935 he lived in India as editor of the Bombay Chronicle. It was in India that he completed his translation of the [[Qur'an]] in 1930. | ||
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He died in England in 1936. | He died in England in 1936. | ||
==Works | ==Works == | ||
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
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*[[The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930 Pickthall), book]] | *[[The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930 Pickthall), book]] | ||
== | ==Biography== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmaduke_Pickthall Wikipedia] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmaduke_Pickthall Wikipedia] | ||
[[Category:Scholars|Pickthall]] | [[Category:Scholars|1875 Pickthall]] | ||
[[Category:British|1875 Pickthall]] | [[Category:British|1875 Pickthall]] | ||
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[[Category:Early Islamic Scholars|1875 Pickthall]] | [[Category:Early Islamic Scholars & Authors|1875 Pickthall]] | ||
[[Category:Early Islamic Scholars-- | [[Category:Early Islamic Scholars & Authors--British|1875 Pickthall]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:05, 16 May 2015
Marmaduke William Pickthall or Muhammad Pickthall (1875-1936) was a British Muslim scholar.s born in England in 1875.
Although lacking a formal education, he gained a reputation as a Middle-Eastern scholar by his intense traveling in the Middle East. A strong advocate of the Ottomane Empire, In the 1910s he embraced Islam and joined the Woking Muslim Mission. From 1920 to 1935 he lived in India as editor of the Bombay Chronicle. It was in India that he completed his translation of the Qur'an in 1930.
He died in England in 1936.