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Lady Evelyn Cobbald

Neé Murray
Dates 1867 - 1963
Additional date information 1867-07-17 to 1963-01-25
Place born Edinburgh
Place died Inverness
Short biography

traveller and convert to Islam, wrote account of journey to Cairo and Libyan desert published 1912, converted to Islam by 1915, took name 'Zainab', after 1921 settled in London and Glencarron estate, made the hajj 1933

see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online

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