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'''Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley''' (19 January 1855 – 22 June 1935), also known as '''Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq''', was an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Peerage of Ireland|peer]] and a prominent convert to |
'''Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley''' (19 January 1855 – 22 June 1935), also known as '''Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq''', was an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Peerage of Ireland|peer]] and a prominent convert to [[Islam]], who was also one of the leading members of the [[Woking Muslim Mission]] alongside [[Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din]]. He also presided over the British Muslim Society for some time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wokingmuslim.org/pers/|title = The Woking Muslim Mission, England, 1913-1960s > Personalities}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
Revision as of 21:51, 3 December 2022
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Born | Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn 19 January 1855 London, England |
Died | 22 June 1935 | (aged 80)
Occupations | Muslim scholar |
Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley (19 January 1855 – 22 June 1935), also known as Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq, was an Irish peer and a prominent convert to Islam, who was also one of the leading members of the Woking Muslim Mission alongside Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din. He also presided over the British Muslim Society for some time.[1]
Biography
Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn was born in London and educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge University.[2][3] He then entered Middle Temple, before commencing studies at King's College London. He subsequently became a civil engineer by profession, a builder of roads in India, and an authority on the protection of intertidal zones.
He was an enthusiastic practitioner of boxing as well as other arts of self-defence, and in 1890 co-authored, with C. Phillipps-Wolley, the classic Broad-sword and Singlestick (1890).[4] He was solo author of Boxing (1889) in the same "All-England Series" (introduced by the boxer Bat Mullins) which was reprinted in 2006.[5] In 1899 he married Teresa Johnson, daughter of William H. Johnson,[6] former Wazir-wazirat (governor) of Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir), India.[7] She died in 1919.[8]
Headley converted to Islam on 16 November 1913 and adopted the Muslim name of Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq. In 1914 he established the British Muslim Society. He was the author of several books on Islam, including A Western Awakening to Islam (1914) and Three Great Prophets of the World.[9] He was a widely travelled man and twice performed the Hajj.
He inherited his peerage from his cousin in 1913. In 1921 he married the Australian author Barbara Baynton.[10] He became bankrupt in 1922.[10] He was offered the throne of Albania in 1925, along with $500,000 and $50,000 per year[11] but refused it, at which point Lady Headley returned to Melbourne, where she died in 1929.[10] From 1929 Headley owned and lived at Ashton Gifford House near the village of Codford in Wiltshire. His widow Lady Catherine Headley continued to live at the property until 1940.[12][page needed] He is buried in the Muslim section of Brookwood Cemetery.
Armenian genocide stance
Baron Headley alleged that the Armenian genocide was a case of both sides, Turks and Armenians, killing each other and that the Turks were more numerous as victims than the Armenians.[13]
See also
- Sir Charles Edward Archibald Watkin Hamilton, 5th Baronet
- Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley
- William Abdullah Quilliam
- Marmaduke Pickthall
- Faris Glubb
- Timothy Winter
- Robert Reschid Stanley
References
- ^ "The Woking Muslim Mission, England, 1913-1960s > Personalities".
- ^ "Winn, Rowland George Allanson (WN874RG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The New International Yearbook, 1936
- ^ Allanson-Winn, R. G.; Phillipps-Wolley, C. (1890). Broad-sword and Single-stick: with chapters on quarter-staff, bayonet, cudgel, shillalah, walking-stick, umbrellba, and other weapons of self-defence (All-England Series.). London: George Bell.
- ^ Rowland George Allanson-Winn Headley (11 October 2004). Boxing: With prefatory note by bat Mullins. ISBN 978-0543970237.
- ^ (TIWW 1923, p. 107)
- ^ The Age (Melbourne), 14 February 1921:5 "About People", accessed through Trove, 28 Apr. 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201698943
- ^ Hesilrige 1921, p. 463.
- ^ Headley's book: A Western Awakening to Islam at wokingmuslim.org
- ^ a b c Barbara Jane Baynton (1857–1929). "Biographical entry, Australian biography database". adb.online.anu.edu.au.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Time magazine, "London's Mosque" 28 June 1937
- ^ Dod's Peerage, 1942
- ^ The Bishop of London and Muslims
Work cited
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 463.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource. . . Dublin:
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
Further reading
- Gilham, Jamie (2020). The British Muslim Convert Lord Headley, 1855-1935. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781350084445.