Edward Sell
Biographical Information
Church of England, orientalist; b. at Wantage (14 m. s.w.
of Oxford) Jan. 24, 1839. He finished his education at the
Church Missionary College, London, 1862, and was fellow of
Madras University, 1874; was made deacon in 1862, and
priest, 1867; was principal of the Harris High School for
Mohammedans, Madras, India, 1865-81; became secretary of the
Church Missionary Society for the dioceses of Madras and
Travancore, 1881; examining chaplain to the bishop of
Madras, 1899; and canon of St. George's Cathedral, Madras.
He is one of the chief authorities on Mohammedanism, and in
this interest has written The Faith of Islam (London, 1880,
3d ed., 1907); The Historical Development of the Qur'an
(1897; 2d ed., 1909); Essays on Islam (1901); Islam: its
Rise and Progress (1907); The Religious Orders of Islam
(1908); The Khulafa'r-Rashidun (1909); The Cult of Ali
(1909); The Battles of Badr and Uhud (1909); Al-Qur'an
(1909); Sufiism (1910); The Druaes (1910); Ghazwas and
Siriyaa (1911).
The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge,
p. 345
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Sell, Edward (1869-1932), The Faith of Islam,
3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Society For Promoting
Christian Knowledge, London, England, 1907, pp. 427. |
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Sell, Edward (1869-1932), The Life of Muhammad, The Christian Literature Society
For India, London, Madras and Colombo, 1913, pp. 239. |
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Sell, Edward (1869-1932), The Battles of Badr and Uhud, In: The Islam Series, The
Christian Literature Society For India, London, Madras, and Colombo, 1909, pp. 69. |
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Sell, Edward (1869-1932), Ghazwas and Sariyas, In: The Islam Series, The Christian
Literature Society For India, London, Madras and Colombo, 1911, pp. 87. |
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Sell, Edward (1869-1932),
The Historical Development of the Qur'an, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., London, England, 4th Edition, 1923, pp. 206. |
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تطور القرآن التاريخي |
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Sell, Edward (1869-1932),
The Recensions of the Qur'an, Christian Literature
Society, Madras, 1909, p. 26. |
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تدوين القرآن |
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