Abdullah Yusuf Ali, CBE, MA, LL.M, FRSA, FRSL (Urdu: عبداللہ یوسف علی; 14 April 1872 – 10 December 1953) was a British-Indian barrister and Shi'i scholar in the Dawoodi Bohra tradition who wrote a number of books about Islam including a translation 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.
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14 April 1872 Bombay, India
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10 December 1953 (aged 81) Fulham, London, England
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Zodiac | Aries |
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