Islam in Victorian Britain : the life and times of Abdullah Quilliam / Ron Geaves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geaves, Ron.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim converts from Christianity--Great Britain--Biography.

Muslim converts from Christianity.

Islam--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Islam.

Quilliam, William Henry Abdullah, 1856-1932.

Quilliam, William Henry Abdullah.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leicestershire : Kube, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An entertaining biography of Victorian Britain's most notable Muslim, Abdullah Quilliam, the Sheikh of Islam of the British Isles.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. William Henry Quilliam: A Victorian gentleman; 3.Creating the Liverpool Muslim Institute, 1887-1899; 4. The Rise and Fall of the Liverpool Muslim Institute, 1900-1908; 5. Quilliam in Liverpool: The first multiculturalist; 6. Quilliam and British Colonial Foreign Policy; 7. The Ottomanist: Abdullah Quilliam's Pan-Islamism; 8. A Mysterious Twilight: Abdullah Quilliam as Henri de Léon,1908-1932; 9. Quilliam's Children: His legacy and significance for British Muslims; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-339) and index.

ISBN:

9781847740380

1847740383

OCLC:

758328116