Haseeb Khan, Manchester Metropolitan University on ‘Muslim Merchants in Nineteenth Century Manchester: The Moroccan and Syrian Community’.
Event Type: Branch
Takes Place: 7th December 2024
Time: 12.00
Venue: The Friends Meeting House
Description: During the nineteenth century Arab merchants, including Muslims, Christians and Jews, from Morocco and Syria settled in Manchester, to work in the cotton trade. This stimulating paper discusses religious identity amongst the merchants.
Price: Free for members?£4 for non-members
Email: srazavi@live.co.uk
Lecturer: Haseeb Khan
Region: North-West England
Branch: Manchester & Liverpool