William St. Clair Tisdall
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William St. Clair Tisdall (1859-1928) was a British
historian
and philologist who served as the Secretary of the Church of England
's Missionary Society in Isfahan, Persia.
William St. Clair Tisdall was fluent in several Middle Eastern languages including Arabic
, and spent much time researching the sources of Islam and the Qur'an in the original languages. He also wrote grammars for Persian
, Hindustani
, Punjabi and Gujarati
.
Some of William St. Clair Tisdall's studies are included in The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book
edited by Ibn Warraq
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and philologist who served as the Secretary of the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
's Missionary Society in Isfahan, Persia.
William St. Clair Tisdall was fluent in several Middle Eastern languages including Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
, and spent much time researching the sources of Islam and the Qur'an in the original languages. He also wrote grammars for Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
, Hindustani
Hindustani language
Hindi-Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language and the lingua franca of North India and Pakistan. It is also known as Hindustani , and historically, as Hindavi or Rekhta...
, Punjabi and Gujarati
Gujarati language
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...
.
Some of William St. Clair Tisdall's studies are included in The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book
Origins of the Koran
:This article concerns the book. For a textual history of the Qur'an, see History of the Qur'an.The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book, is a 1998 book edited by secularist author Ibn Warraq...
edited by Ibn Warraq
Ibn Warraq
Ibn Warraq is the pen name of a polemical author of Pakistani origin who is critical of Islam, and who founded the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society . He is a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry focusing on Qur'anic criticism...
.
Books
- The Original Sources of the Qu'ran Full online book
- Full online book:The Sources of Islam
- Full online book:A word to the wise
- Full online book:A Manual of the Leading Muhammadan Objections to Christianity