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Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

محمد مارمادوك بكتال

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English novelist and scholar (1875-1936) who declared his Islam in 1917; his 'The Meaning of the Glorious Koran' (1930) is among the most widely used English translations of the Qur'an. He preached Friday sermons at Woking and in London and worked in India as a newspaper editor and school principal in Hyderabad.

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Roles
novelist · Translator · Scholar
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
Identifiers
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Life in time

1850187519001925195019752000 c.
The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: A. K. Fazlul Huq · Abbas Hilmi II · Abd al-Hafid of Morocco · Abd al-Qadir al-Maghribi · Abdul Haq

Place in the story

    sunni-hanafi (self-identified)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Sources

    • Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall — English Wikipedia
    • Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall — Arabic Wikipedia
    • Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall — Urdu Wikipedia
    • Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall — Wikidata Q1191104
    • Murad — Marmaduke Pickthall: a brief biography
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    islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-marmaduke-pickthall/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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