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| nationality = American | |||
| occupation = Islamic scholar and orientalist born | |||
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=== Books === | === Books === | ||
* The Shi’ite Religion: A History of Islam in Persia and Irak (Iraq), Luzac & Co., 1933 | * [https://www.amazon.com/ShiIte-Religion-History-Islam-Persia/dp/0404189598 The Shi’ite Religion: A History of Islam in Persia and Irak (Iraq), Luzac & Co., 1933] | ||
* Studies in Muslim ethics, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1953 | * [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0040571X5305639917 Studies in Muslim ethics, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1953] | ||
=== Articles === | === Articles === | ||
* “Modern Persian Law”, The Muslim World, 1924, p. 341-49 | * [https://ur.booksc.eu/book/9787532/8510bb “Modern Persian Law”, The Muslim World, 1924, p. 341-49] | ||
* “The First Missionaries to the Parthians”, International Review of Missions, 1929, vol. 18, p. 481-494 | * [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1758-6631.1929.tb03955.x “The First Missionaries to the Parthians”, International Review of Missions, 1929, vol. 18, p. 481-494] | ||
* “What to Conserve, and What to Abandon”, International Review of Missions, 1931, vol. 20, p 422-428 | * “What to Conserve, and What to Abandon”, International Review of Missions, 1931, vol. 20, p 422-428 | ||
* “Intellectual Awakening in Modern Iran”, International Review of Missions, 1936, vol. 25, p. 172-183 | * “Intellectual Awakening in Modern Iran”, International Review of Missions, 1936, vol. 25, p. 172-183 | ||
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* Member of the Editorial board of ‘The Muslim World’ | * Member of the Editorial board of ‘The Muslim World’ | ||
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* | * [https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/donaldson Encyclopedia Iranica] | ||
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Revision as of 14:55, 12 September 2021
Dwight Martin Donaldson | |
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| Born | 1884 Washangton |
| Died | 1976 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar and orientalist born |
| Spouse(s) | Bess Allen |
Dwight M. Donaldson was an American orientalist.
Biography
Dwight Martin Donaldson was an American Islamic scholar and orientalist born in Washington in 1884 who worked as a missionary of the American Presbyterian Church. For 16 years he lived in Mashhad, Iran, researching and writing about Shias in Persia until his expulsion in 1940. Subsequently, he moved to India and became the principal of the Henry Martyn School of Islamic Studies in Aligarh. He married a fellow American Presbyterian missionary Bess Allen in 1916 and died in 1976 at the age of 91.
Books and Articles
Books
- The Shi’ite Religion: A History of Islam in Persia and Irak (Iraq), Luzac & Co., 1933
- Studies in Muslim ethics, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1953
Articles
- “Modern Persian Law”, The Muslim World, 1924, p. 341-49
- “The First Missionaries to the Parthians”, International Review of Missions, 1929, vol. 18, p. 481-494
- “What to Conserve, and What to Abandon”, International Review of Missions, 1931, vol. 20, p 422-428
- “Intellectual Awakening in Modern Iran”, International Review of Missions, 1936, vol. 25, p. 172-183
Academic Activities
- Gave lectures on Shia Muslim Ethics in Iran, India and US
- Member of the Editorial board of ‘The Muslim World’