Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
William Muir

Born: April 27, 1819
Died: July 11, 1905 (aged 86)
Bio: Sir William Muir, KCSI was a Scottish Orientalist, scholar of Islam, and colonial administrator.
Known for:
- The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall (1891)
- The life of Mahomet (1861)
- The Coran
- Mameluke or Slave Dynasty of Egypt (1896)