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THE FIRST SCOTTISH WOMAN TO MAKE THE PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA

On aremote hillside in the Glencarron estate in Wester Ross lies the final resting place of Lady Zainab Cobbold, where she was buried in accordance with the principles of Islam, in 1963. Lady Zainab, as she became known later in life, was born Lady Evelyn Murray on 17 July 1867 at 13 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh, the eldest of six children (five daughters and one son) born to Charles Adolphus Murray, 7th

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