The British Muslim Convert Lord Headley, 1855-1935
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This is the first biography of Lord Headley, who made international headlines in 1913 when he defied convention by publicly converting to Islam. Drawing on previously unpublished archival sources, this book focuses on Headley's religious beliefs, conversion to Islam, and work as a Muslim leader during and after the First World War.
Lord Headley slipped into obscurity following his death in 1935, but there is growing recognition globally that he is a pivotal figure in the history of Western Islam and Muslim-Christian relations; this book evaluates the strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures of the man and his work, and considers his significance for contemporary understandings of Islam in the Global West.
Documents and critically examines the life, work, times and significance of the British Muslim convert, Lord Headley (1855 - 1935).
The first book to document and critically examine the life and significance of an overlooked but important figure in Western Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Explores how conversion to Islam was viewed and received historically, and how a Briton tried to practice his new faith in the Global West, which are both issues of contemporary relevance
Includes images from the Headley family archive which are published here for the first time
1. Introduction
2. Early Years, 1855-1874
3. Finding the Way, 1874-1896
4. Imperial Engineer, 1896-1900
5. Troubles, 1900-1912
6. Conversion to Islam, 1913
7. Muslim Baron: The First Decade, 1913-1923
8. Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1923
9. Ambassador for Western Islam, 1923-1930
10. Twilight Years, 1930-1935
11. Epilogue
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
This is the first major biography of Rowland Allanson-Winn, the Anglo-Irish peer Lord Headley, a civil engineer who converted to Islam in 1913. Jamie Gilham tells the fascinating story of how Headley both played an important part in the institutionalization of Islam in Britain and came to be known throughout the world as a leading British Muslim. Essential reading for those interested in the growth of Islam in the West.
This timely tribute to Headley's legacy challenges stereotypes about British Islam as a mainly migrant phenomenon.
Jamie Gilham has brilliantly reconstructed the life of Lord Headley against the background of the history of Muslims in Great Britain in the colonial age. I thought I knew the story well. But in this fascinating journey Jamie Gilham recreates Headley's riveting and rich historical account which makes the book an essential reading for general readers and specialists.
- Title: The British Muslim Convert Lord Headley, 1855-1935
- Author: Jamie Gilham
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781350084445, 9781350188174, 1350188174, 1350084441
- Resource ID: LLS:9781350084445
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-09T03:04:02Z
Jamie Gilham is an independent historian and biographer in the UK. He is the author of Loyal Enemies: British Converts to Islam, 1850-1950 (2014) and editor of Victorian Muslim: Abdullah Quilliam and Islam in the West (2017).