John Nelson (convert)
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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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, John (convert) Converts to Islam from Christianity English Muslims 16th-century English people Year of birth missing 16th-century Muslims