Reynold A. Nicholson
British orientalist
- Lived
- 1868–1945
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About Reynold A. Nicholson
Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, FBA, or R. A. Nicholson, was an eminent English orientalist, scholar of both Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism, and widely regarded as one of the greatest Rumi scholars and translators in the English language.
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