Abdullah Quilliams work and reputation led him to be appointed Sheikh-ul-Islam of the British Isles and by default the British Empire by the last Ottoman ruler Sultan Abdul Hamid ll in 1894 and recognised by the Shah of Persia and the Emir of Afghanistan as the leader of British Muslims - who then established The Association of British Muslims in 1889 which still carries the Ijaza of The Ottoman Empire (The Khilafate).
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