Martin Lings

Martin Lings, also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher. A student of the Swiss metaphysician Frithjof Schuon and an authority on the work of William Shakespeare, he is best known as the author of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources.

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Who was born first?

• Martin Lings and Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn were born the same year
• Martin Lings and Simone Weil were born the same year
• Martin Lings and Mahmoud Muhammad Taha were born the same year
• Martin Lings and Isaiah Berlin were born the same year
• Martin Lings and Tatiana Proskouriakoff were born the same year

Timeline

1. Erik von Kuehnelt-LeddihnJuly 31, 1909 – May 26, 1999
2. Isaiah BerlinJune 6, 1909 – November 5, 1997
3. Mahmoud Muhammad Taha1909 – January 18, 1985
4. Martin Lings (this page)January 24, 1909 – May 2005
5. Simone WeilFebruary 3, 1909 – August 24, 1943
6. Tatiana ProskouriakoffJanuary 23, 1909 – August 30, 1985

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