From 1904 to 1909, he was on the staff of the India Office as Assistant Librarian. In 1909 he was appointed Educational Adviser to Indian students in Britain.[4] From 1917 to 1920 he acted as Adviser to the Secretary of State for India.[5] He was Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, from 1921 to 1930.[2]
Arnold was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1912, and in 1921 was invested as a knight.[2] He died on 9 June 1930.[6]
Works
The preaching of Islam: a history of the propagation of the Muslim faith. Westminster: A. Constable and co. 1896. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
The Caliphate. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924. Reissued with an additional chapter by Sylvia G. Haim: Routledge and Kegan Paul, London 1965.
Painting in Islam, A Study of the Place of Pictorial Art in Muslim Culture. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928. Reprint ed. 1965.
Bihzad and his Paintings in the Zafar-namah ms. London: B. Quaritch, 1930.
(with Alfred Guillaume) The Legacy of Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1931.
The Old and New Testaments in Muslim Religious Art. London: Pub. for the British Academy by H. Milford, Oxford University Press. Schweich Lectures for 1928.
References
^"Empire in Your Backyard: Imperial Plymouth". britishempire.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ a b c d e f gRobinson, B.W. "ARNOLD, THOMAS WALKER – Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^"Sir Thomas Walker Arnold | Aligarh Movement". aligarhmovement.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^ a b c"Thomas W. Arnold | Making Britain". open.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^"Thomas Walker Arnold". Goodreads. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^Arnold, Thomas Walker (1 January 1913). The preaching of Islam : a history of the propagation of the Muslim faith. London : Constable.
External links
Arnold, Sir Thomas Walker Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine, School of Oriental and African Studies: home page