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Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (d. 1953)

Abdullah Yusuf Ali 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.

14 April 1872

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