London

لندن

Capital of the United Kingdom on the Thames; seat of the empire that ruled much of the Muslim world and, since the twentieth century, home to one of Europe's largest Muslim communities and oldest mosques.

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al-Andalus & Europe
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Birthplace of
Bukola Saraki· Demis Hassabis· H. M. Naqvi· Khalid Sheldrake· Lord Headley· Mohammed Hijab· Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall· Mustafa Suleyman· Samar Asamoah· Samira Ahmed· Tariq Ahmad· Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens
Home of
Faisal Islam· Farhat Amin· Fatima Barkatulla· George Sale· Haitham al-Haddad· Hamza Namira· Hamza Andreas Tzortzis· Hasan Ali· Hashim· Haytham Tamim· Imran ibn Mansur· Jinan Yousef· Joseph von Hammer(-Purgstall)· Khola Hasan· Korra The Taymi· Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem· Manal Chinutay· Mansur Ahmed· Mohammed Hanif· Moutasem Al-Hameedi· Muhammed Ali· Muhammad Jalal· Naz Shah· Nia Amroun· Paul Williams· R. L. Hobson· Rehman Chishti· Rushanara Ali· Sajid Javid· Shamsi· Subboor Ahmad· Syed Hasan Imam· Umar Valu· Waheed Alli· Yasmin Qureshi· Zeeshan Ali
Place of death of
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar· Ibrahim Niass· Mohamed Al-Fayed· Mohammad Amir Ahmad Khan· Muhammad Ali Jauhar· Nazia Hassan· Yusuf Dadoo

People and things also explored

Karachi· Alexandria· Brookwood Cemetery· Farhat Amin· Muhammad Jalal· Abadi Bano Begum· Ahmed Skirej· Evliya Çelebi

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “London”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/london/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-10.

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