| Yankee Muslim: The Asian Travels of Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb | 
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Category: Book
Author: Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb
Publisher: Wildside Press
Studio: Wildside Press
Manufacturer: Wildside Press
Label: Wildside Press
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 0893708194
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.45009
EAN: 9780893708191
ASIN: 0893708194
Publication Date: February 10, 2007
Release Date: February 10, 2007
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Product Description
In the Fall of 1892, Alexander Russell Webb, the American consul to the Philippine Islands, resigned his post and set off for a tour of the Indian subcontinent. Webb had converted to Islam and partnered with Indian Muslims to commence an Islamic mission to the United States. Part of the agreement allowed Webb to travel to India on his way back to America and visit cities with large Muslim populations. This work encompasses his travels, including: his departure from Manila, sea voyages, stays in Singapore and Penang, and most notably, the more than two months that he spent amongst the Muslims of Rangoon, Calcutta, Bombay, Poona, Hyderabad, and Madras. During Webb's travels he met with many prominent members of the Indian Muslim community, and presented lectures on Islam to large audiences. As an American Muslim, and one of the first converts in North America to Islam, his first-person accounts provide a unique perspective and historical account of Colonial India and Indian Muslims in particular. A primary document that will prove invaluable in studying the early Muslim history of the United States and its relationship to India. Complete with historical Introduction, Notes, Bibliography, and detailed Index. Editor BRENT D. SINGLETON is a librarian at California State University, San Bernardino. This is his first published book.
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