The Islamic Review archive

Unique archive of Islamic activity in Britain, 1913–1960s

Update note (May 2023): Previously missing issues added: August 1916, July 1927, March 1928, July 1937, February 1938, April 1938 and June 1938.

Scanned issues of The Islamic Review are available in pdf format below. In case of any problems with a file, please check also the archive of The Islamic Review at the Lahore Ahmadiyya Central Website www.aaiil.org.

The original name of The Islamic Review when its publication started in February 1913 was Muslim India and the Islamic Review but by 1914 it was changed to The Islamic Review and Muslim India. In 1921 it was shortened to The Islamic Review.

Read about how The Islamic Review was founded in 1913.

First series, 1913–1948

In this series, the page size of the magazine was about 9.5 inches high by 6 inches wide and the list of contents was printed on the front cover. Here is an example cover from February 1920.

Islamic Review, February 1920, cover

Notes:

Clicking on each year below displays the contents pages of all the issues of that year in one file (for the months for which the list is available).
In four cases we have split one issue into two files to keep the file-size down.
A few issues are not yet available below. Also, within a few of the available issues, one or two pages may be missing.


1913:	Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1914:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar-Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec 1 • Dec 2

1915:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1916:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1917:	Jan \| Feb-Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1918:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug-Sep \| Oct-Nov \| Dec

1919:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul-Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1920:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun-Jul: 1 • 2 \| Aug-Sep: 1 • 2 \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1921:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun-Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1922:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun-Jul \| Aug-Sep: 1 • 2 \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1923:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun-Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1924:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr-May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug-Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1925:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr-May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct-Nov \| Dec

1926:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar-Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1927:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr-May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1928:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr-May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1929:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr-May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1930:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar-Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1931:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar-Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1932:	Jan \| Feb-Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun-Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1933:	Jan-Feb \| Mar \| Apr-May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1934:	Jan-Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov-Dec

1935:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov-Dec

1936:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov-Dec

1937:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov-Dec

1938:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov-Dec

1939:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1940:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1941:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov-Dec

1942:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar-Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1943:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun-Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1944:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1945:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1946:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul-Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1947:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr-May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

1948:	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug-Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

New large-format series, 1949–1971

From 1949 The Islamic Review appeared as a large size magazine, 11.5 inches high by 9 inches wide, on glossy paper. From the September 1967 issue the title was modified to The Islamic Review and Arab Affairs. Here is one of its colour covers, from January 1961:

The Islamic Review, January 1961, front cover

Each link below marked Contents opens a file consisting of all the contents pages of the issues of that year.

Regarding the monthly issues accessible below, please note:

If you have problems opening a file, we advise that instead of opening a link you save it by right-clicking on the link and selecting to save the file to your PC. After the file has been saved, you can open it by going to the folder where you saved it.
The centre pages of these issues were usually a double-page spread. In the files below, these appear as two separate pages: the left half of the centre spread followed by the right half.
Some issues are, so far, missing from the set below.

1949: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1950: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1951: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1952: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1953: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1954: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1955: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1956: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug–Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1957: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1958: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul-Aug | Sep | Nov | Dec

1959: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul-Aug | Sep-Oct | Nov | Dec

1960: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar-Apr | | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1961: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct-Nov-Dec

1963: Contents | Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jul-Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1964: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1965: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul-Aug | Sep-Oct | Nov-Dec

1966: Contents | Jan | Feb-Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul-Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1967: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct-Nov | Dec

1968: Contents | Jan | Feb-Mar | Apr | May-Jun | Jul | Aug-Sep: 1 • 2| Oct | Nov-Dec

1969: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar-Apr | May | Jun | Jul-Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

1970: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct-Nov | Dec

1971: Contents | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

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