“In the seventh century of the Christian era there was a rapid and brilliant new flowering of humanity’s capacity and desire for adventure and discovery in the realms of both spirit and intellect. That flowering began in Arabia; its origin and impetus were given to it by my Holy ancestor, the Prophet Mohammed, and we know it by the name of Islam”
A Chapter from the Memoirs of H. H. The Aga Khan III
Islam The Religion of My Ancestors
Book published 1954-UK Edition