William St. Clair Tisdall
- William St. Clair Tisdall
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, and Gujarati. [cite web |title= Library of Congress Online Catalog |url=http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?hd=1,4&Search%5FArg=william%20st%2E%20clair%20tisdall&Search%5FCode=NAME%40&CNT=100&PID=ka5mIpSblNYWO-zwkMGroBgqSSmx-&HIST=0&SEQ=20080920155807&SID=1 |accessdate=2008-09-20]
Some of William St. Clair Tisdall's studies are included in "" edited by Ibn Warraq.
Books
*The Original Sources of the Qu'ran [http://answering-islam.org.uk/Books/Tisdall/Sources/index.htm Full online book]
* [http://answering-islam.org.uk/Books/Tisdall/Sources0/index.htm Full online book:The Sources of Islam]
* [http://answering-islam.org.uk/Books/Tisdall/WW/index.htm Full online book:A word to the wise]
* [http://answering-islam.org.uk/Books/Tisdall/Objections/index.htm Full online book:A Manual of the Leading Muhammadan Objections to Christianity]
Articles
* [http://answering-islam.org.uk/Books/Tisdall/thebook.htm The book of the "People of the Book"]
References
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