John Nelson (convert)
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John Nelson was an early English convert to Islam in the 16th century.[1][2]
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.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ BBC
- ^ "From scholarship, sailors and sects to the mills and the mosques", The Guardian, Guardian News and Media Limited, 2002-06-18. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
- ^ Voyager's Tales, 3, The voyage made to Tripolis in Barbary, in the year 1584, Richard Haklyut
- Islam in Britain, 1558 - 1685 by Nabil Matar (Cambridge University Press 1998)
