# Anthony Janszoon van Salee

> Anthony Janszoon van Salee (1607-1676) was an original settler of and prominent landholder, merchant, and creditor in New Netherland, a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic located on the East Coast of what is now the United States of America. Van Salee was commonly known as Anthony the Turk due to his religion. It is unknown if van Salee was actually Muslim; if so he may have been the first free Muslim settler and landholder in the land that would later become the United States. He was recorded as owning a Quran.

*Original settler of and prominent landholder, merchant, and creditor in New Netherlands, said to have been the first Muslim of New York*

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1607
- **Died:** 1676
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 3.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 13.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 38.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Anthony Janszoon van Salee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Janszoon_van_Salee)
- [Anthony Janszoon van Salee](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Janszoon_van_Salee)
- [أنطوني جانزون فان سالي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4772829)

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