The Future of Islam by Wilfred Scawen Blunt
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" " Zanzibar | 1,000 | ... | 1,500,000
| | | Malabari from the Cape of Good Hope | 150 | ... | | | | Persians | 6,000 | 2,500 | 8,000,000 | | | Indians (British subjects) | 15,000 | ... | 40,000,000 | | | Malays, chiefly from Java and Dutch | | | subjects | 12,000 | ... | 30,000,000 | | | Chinese | 100 | ... | 15,000,000 | | | Mongols from the Khanates, included in | | | the Ottoman Haj | ... | ... | 6,000,000 | | | Lazis, Circassians, Tartars, etc. | | | (Russian subjects), included in the | | | Ottoman Haj | ... | ... | 5,000,000 | | | Independent Afghans and Beluchis, | | | included in the Indian and Persian | | | Hajs | ... | ... | 3,000,000 |-----------------|------------ Total of Pilgrims present at Arafat | 93,250 | Total Census of Islam |175,000,000 The figures thus roundly given require explanation in order to be of their full value as a bird's-eye view of Islam. I will take them as |
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