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Abdullah Browne

d. 1907

An Anglo-Irish convert to Islam who spent much of his later life in Egypt, he wrote with firsthand interest about Egyptian society, religion, and history. His best-known work looks at Napoleon's Egyptian campaign alongside the Egypt of his own day.

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Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day

Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day

by Abdullah Browne

About the author

Born Alfred Browne and later known as Haji Abdullah Browne, he was an Anglo-Irish writer who converted to Islam in 1876 after a visit to Egypt. Sources describe him as a contributor to Islamic newspapers in New York City and Liverpool before he later settled in Egypt.

Browne is associated with The Egyptian Herald (al-Mubashshir al-Misri), a newspaper he reportedly founded in Cairo. He is best known today for Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day, and he is also linked with The Evidences of Islam.

Library and public-domain sources list him as having died in 1907, with his birth given only approximately as around 1812. Clear biographical details are limited, but the record that survives suggests a writer and editor who moved between Britain, the wider Muslim press, and Egypt at a time of intense political and cultural change.