John Nelson was one of the earliest known
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men to convert to
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. This information comes from the book ''The Voyage made to Tripoli'' (1583) by Thomas Saunders.
["The evidence for John Nelson's conversion derives from an account The Voyage made to Tripoli (1583) by Thomas Saunders, cited in Matar (1998).]
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* List of converts to Islam
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