Laurence Frederic Rushbrook Williams, (1890–1978) was a British historian and civil servant who spent part of his working life in India, and had an abiding interest in Eastern culture.
Life and work
Williams was a Fellow of
All Souls' College,
Oxford. He built up a school of
Mughal
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Related to the Mughal Empire
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* Mughal dynasty
* Mughal emperors
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* Mughal architecture
* Mug ...
studies at the
University of Allahabad,
[Williams, L.F. Rushbrook, editor (1974). ''Sufi Studies: East and West'', E.P.Dutton & Co., p. 259. .] where he was professor of Modern Indian History.
He was briefly Eastern Services Director of the
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and also worked on the editorial staff of ''
The Times'' (London). He acted as a government advisor on Middle East and Asian affairs, and contributed to publications like the
Royal Central Asian Society
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''Journal'' and the ''
Encyclopædia Britannica''.
He became interested in
Sufism
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...
through his contact with
Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah and later edited an anthology of contributions to a symposium in honor of the work of the noted
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
author,
Idries Shah.
[Williams, L.F. Rushbrook, editor (1974). ''Sufi Studies: East and West'', E.P.Dutton & Co., p. 18-19; 259. .]
Works
Williams wrote several works on India, Asia and the Middle East, among them the following:
*''Pakistan Under Challenge''
*''What About India?''
*''The State of Israel''
*''India in 1921-22: A report prepared for presentation to Parliament in accordance with the requirements of the 26th Section of the Government of India Act''
*''An Empire Builder of the Sixteenth Century: A Summary Account of the Political Career of Zahir-Ud-Din Muhammad, Surnamed Babur''
*''Ethnic diversity in India''
*''The black hills: Kutch in history and legend: a study in Indian local loyalties''
*''Handbook for Travellers in India, Pakistan and Nepal''
*''The East Pakistan tragedy''
*''The State of Pakistan''
*''Great Men of India''
Notes
External links
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British expatriates in India
British historians of religion
20th-century British writers
1890 births
1978 deaths
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
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