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Abdool Rhemon

People

Crossing-sweeper and lodging-house owner for Indian seafarers

Abdul Karim

People

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

Abdul Karim (Johnny)

People

A Pakistani pedlar who worked across the Hebrides

Abdullah Hussain

People

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

Abdul Majid

People

Imam of Shah Jahan Mosque and editor

Abdul Malik Choudhury Bakht

People

Pakistani businessman and community leader who lived in Manchester

A. C. Mazoomdar

People

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

Afia Begum

People

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

Aftab Ali

People

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

Agatha Harrison

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

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