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Abdool Rhemon

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Crossing-sweeper and lodging-house owner for Indian seafarers

Portrait of Abdul Karim in The Mirror of British Merchandise, 1894

Abdul Karim

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Served in Queen Victoria’s household as a 'munshi' or clerk

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Abdul Karim (Johnny)

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A Pakistani pedlar who worked across the Hebrides

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Abdullah Hussain

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Urdu and English-language novelist and short story writer, best recognized for his exploration of colonialism, the partition of India and the immigrant experience in Britain

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Abdul Majid

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Imam of Shah Jahan Mosque and editor

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Abdul Malik Choudhury Bakht

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Pakistani businessman and community leader who lived in Manchester

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A. C. Mazoomdar

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Christian convert from Bengal who lived in Bristol in the early nineteenth century

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Afia Begum

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Bangladeshi widow who went into hiding for over a year in response to an unjust deportation warrant by the Home Office following her husband’s death

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Aftab Ali

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Facilitated the migration of thousands of lascars and campaigned to improve their work rights

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Agatha Harrison

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Quaker, pacifist and ally of M. K. Gandhi and the India League

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