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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Indian-British barrister (1872-1953)

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.