A Great English Muslim: The Life and Times of Marmaduke Pickthall

The definitive biography of British Muslim Marmaduke Pickthall: famous for his English translation of the Qur’an and an ardent campaigner for the Ottoman cause. Since his death in 1936, Marmaduke Pickthall’s reputation has rested on his popular English translation of the Qur’an.Drawing on a wide range of original sources, including unpublished letters and newly discovered archives, Jamie Gilham unpacks Pickthall’s eventful life and significant contributions as a British Muslim writer, scholar and campaigner. A Great English Muslim traces Pickthall’s extraordinary journey to Islam and considers its profound impact on his life and work.Pickthall negotiated his British and Muslim identities to defend and explain Islam in the West and, later, globally.Gilham explores how Pickthall’s Anglo-Muslim worldview, and his complex attitudes about imperialism, race and ethnicity, fuelled his writing and campaigning-not least in his defence of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War; his denunc