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Abdullah Yusuf Ali

1872 - 1953

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Abdullah Yusuf Ali (; 14 April 1872 – 10 December 1953) was an Indian-British barrister who wrote a number of books about Islam, including an exegesis of the Qur'an. A supporter of the British war effort during World War I, Ali received the CBE in 1917 for his services to that cause. He died in London in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdullah Yusuf Ali is the 6,069th most popular writer (down from 5,815th in 2019), the 857th most popular biography from India (down from 756th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Abdullah Yusuf Ali ranks 6,069 out of 7,302. Before him are André Dhôtel, Chaz Bono, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Gustav Hasford, Michael Swanwick, and Maxine Kumin. After him are Gen Urobuchi, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Eldridge Cleaver, Anthony Powell, Mary Lamb, and Antonín Sova.

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Among people born in 1872, Abdullah Yusuf Ali ranks 190. Before him are Bernard Knubel, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Sidney Olcott, Ľudmila Podjavorinská, William Desmond Taylor, and Harald Natvig. After him are Anna Held, James Young, Mary Engle Pennington, Harlan F. Stone, Henry Seiling, and William Nicholson. Among people deceased in 1953, Abdullah Yusuf Ali ranks 185. Before him are James Scullin, Francis Ford, Delfo Bellini, Fred M. Vinson, Sara Adler, and Ethel Muckelt. After him are Thomas Thorstensen, Alan Curtis, Josef Ternström, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Herbert E. Ives, and Edward Sedgwick.

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In India

Among people born in India, Abdullah Yusuf Ali ranks 857 out of 1,861. Before him are Arati Saha (1940), Nita Ambani (1963), Rakesh Roshan (1949), R. H. Tawney (1880), Saroo Brierley (1981), and Baji Rao II (1775). After him are Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), Nalini Bala Devi (1898), George Caridia (1869), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), George Fernandes (1930), and Soumitra Chatterjee (1935).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Abdullah Yusuf Ali ranks 108. Before him are Anita Desai (1937), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), Roshanara Begum (1617), Ismat Chughtai (1915), Fareed Zakaria (1964), and Saroo Brierley (1981). After him are Nalini Bala Devi (1898), Javed Akhtar (1945), Gurdial Singh (1933), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), Ali Sardar Jafri (1913), and Sarojini Sahoo (1956).

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