death_date death_place religion birth_place influences other_names nationality denomination name birth_date notable_works spouse article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
12 may 2005 westerham , kent islam burnage , manchester frithjof schuon , rené guénon abu bakr siraj ad-din british sunni martin lings 24 january 1909 muhammad : his life based on the earliest sources lesley smalley -lrb- 1944 -- 2013 -rrb- martin lings
 martin lings writer , scholar clifton and african studies college magdalen college , oxford school of oriental
martin lings

martin lings -lrb- 24 january 1909 -- 12 may 2005 -rrb- , also known as abu bakr siraj ad-din , was an english writer and scholar , a student of frithjof schuon and a shakespearean scholar .
he is best known as the author of '' '' , first published in 1983 and still in print .
