Pringle Kennedy (1855 – 16 February 1925)
[ was a British author and ]barrister
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. He wrote 2 books (during 1905–1925) for which he is best known:
* ''A History of the Great Moghuls (Or A History of the Badshahate of Delhi From 1398 AD To 1739)'', in 2 volumes, during 1905–1911.[
"Ke - New General Catalog of Old Books & Authors",
2008, webpage:
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''A History of the Great Moghuls'' (about India),
reprinted in 1987, 556 pages, Google Books link:
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* ''Arabian Society at the Time of Muhammad'', published in 1926 by Thacker, Spink & Co. (Calcutta, India
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"Arabian society at the time of Muhammad (Open Library)",
2008, webpage:
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Pringle Kennedy has observed (''Arabian Society at the Time of Muhammad'', pp. 8–10, 18-21): "Muhammad was, to use a striking expression, the man of the hour."[
"The Holy Prophet Muhammad in the Eyes of Non-Muslims",
2008, webpage:
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In 1908, the young Bengali revolutionary, Khudiram Bose
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, an 18-year-old, was hanged for throwing a bomb at the carriage of Pringle Kennedy and killing his wife and daughter, Grace Kennedy.
Pringle Kennedy died on 16 February 1925.[
"King Saud University Libraries",
2008, webpage:
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Notes
References
* "New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors" (part for "Ke"), kingkong.demon.co.uk, 2008, webpage
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British people in colonial India
1855 births
1925 deaths
British barristers