Zainab Cobbold

Zainab Cobbold
Born	Lady Evelyn Murray 1867 Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Great Britain
Died	1963 (aged 97–98)
Nationality	British
Known for	First British-born Muslim woman to perform the Hajj pilgrimage
Religion	Islam
Spouse(s)	John Dupuis Cobbold (m. 1891–1922)
Children	3
Parent(s)	Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore Lady Gertrude Coke

Zainab Cobbold (born Evelyn Murray, later Cobbold; 1867–January 1963) was a Scottish noblewoman and convert to Islam. Born in Edinburgh in 1867,^[1] she was the eldest daughter of Charles Adolphus Murray,^[2] 7th Earl of Dunmore and Lady Gertrude Coke, daughter of the Second Earl of Leicester.^[3]

Evelyn achieved celebrity at age 65, in 1933, when she became the first British-born Muslim woman to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca.^[3]^[4] In 1934, a personal account of her trip was published entitled Pilgrimage to Mecca. An excerpt from her work can be found in Michael Wolfe's book One Thousand Roads to Mecca.

References

↑ William Facey, Miranda Taylor, Introduction to 'Pilgrimage to Mecca', p 2. ISBN 9780955889431
↑ William Facey, Miranda Taylor, Introduction to 'Pilgrimage to Mecca', p 3. ISBN 9780955889431
1 2 Facey, William (2008). "Mayfair to Makkah", Saudi Aramco World, Vol. 59, No. 5, pages 18-23.
↑ William Facey, Miranda Taylor, Introduction to 'Pilgrimage to Mecca', p 32. ISBN 9780955889431

Further reading

Clive Hodges: Cobbold & Kin: Life Stories from an East Anglian Family (Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 2014) ISBN. 9781843839545

Cobbold family tree

Thomas Cobbold
(1680–1752)

Mary Woodthorpe
(died 1758)

Thomas Cobbold
(1708–1767)

Sarah Cobboll
(1717–1777)

Isabella Garrett
(died 1777)

William Cobbold
(1747–1795)

Elizabeth Wilkinson
(1753–1790)

John Cobbold
(1746–1835)

Elizabeth Knipe
(1765–1824)

Mary Anne Trapnell
(1781–1810)

Thomas Cobbold
(1772–1835)

Harriet Temple Chevallier
(1775–1851)

John Wilkinson Cobbold
(1774–1860)

Revd. Richard Cobbold
(1797–1877)

Mary Anne Waller
(1801–1876)

Mary Anne Cobbold
(1806–1868)

Revd. Francis Cobbold
(1803–1844)

John Chevallier Cobbold
(1797–1882)

Lucy Patteson
(1800–1879)

Thomas Spencer Cobbold
(1828–1886)

Revd. Edward Augustus Cobbold
(1825–1900)

Mathilda Caroline Smith
(1826–1923)

Revd. Canon Charles Chevallier
(1823–1885)

Isobella Frances Cobbold
(1834–1917)

John Patteson Cobbold
(1831–1875)

Adela Harriette Dupuis
(1837–1917)

Nathanael Fromanteel Cobbold
(1839–1886)

Caroline Ellen Boutell
(1843–1882)

William Nevill Cobbold
(1863–1922)

Maj. Ernest St George Cobbold
(1840–1895)

Helen Emma Cazenove
(1842–1917)

Thomas Clement Cobbold
(1833–1883)

Felix Thornley Cobbold
(1841–1909)

John Barrington Chevallier
(1857–1940)

Isabel Amy Cobbold
(1869–1931

John Dupuis Cobbold
(1861–1929)

Lady Evelyn Murray
(1867–1963)

Lieut.-Col. Ralph Patteson Cobbold
(1869–1965)

Lt. Col. Clement John Cobbold
(1882–1961)

Stella Willoughby Cameron
(1882–1918)

Lady Blanche Katharine Cavendish
(1898–1987)

Col. John Murray Cobbold
(1897–1944)

Pamela Cobbold
(1900–1932)

Air Cdre. Sir Charles Jocelyn Hambro
(1897–1963)

Lady Margaret Hermione Lytton
(1905–2004)

Baron Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold
(1904–1987)

John Cavendish Cobbold
(1927–1983)

Patrick Mark Cobbold
(1934–1994)

Baron Charles Eric Hambro
(1930–2002)

Baron David Antony Lytton-Cobbold
(born 1937)

Notes

Cobbold Family History Trust

Family tree of the Cobbold family

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 41371088 LCCN: nb2008005577 SUDOC: 083302549

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