John Nelson (convert)

John Nelson (convert)

John Nelson was an early English convert to Islam in the 16th century. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/uk_1.shtml BBC] ] cite news|title=From scholarship, sailors and sects to the mills and the mosques|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |date=2002-06-18|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/jun/18/september11.religion|accessdate=2008-04-22]

He is mentioned by the 16th century writer Richard Hakluyt in his book Voyager's Tales.

:The king had there before in his house a son of a yeoman of our Queen's guard, whom the king's son had enforced to turn Turk; his name was John Nelson. [ [http://historicaltextarchive.com/books.php?op=viewbook&bookid=51&cid=3 Voyager's Tales, 3, The voyage made to Tripolis in Barbary, in the year 1584] , Richard Haklyut]

References


*"Islam in Britain", 1558 - 1685 by Nabil Matar (Cambridge University Press 1998)


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