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Origin of Wallace Fard Muhammad

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Origin of Wallace Fard Muhammad

Wallace Fard Muhammad appeared in Detroit in 1930, where he founded a new religious movement that came to be called the Nation of Islam. Both his origin and fate are uncertain. Nation of Islam tradition holds that Fard was born in Mecca, while scholars have considered a wide variety of possible origins and backgrounds. In the 1960s, the FBI identified Fard as "Wallie Dodd Ford", a Los Angeles restaurateur who had spent three years in prison in California for the sale of a narcotic; The Nation of Islam disputes the identification, while most scholars accept it. Fard disappeared in 1934. Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad maintained that Fard had been deported, while others speculated that Fard may have died by foul play or due to complications from his diabetes.

Tables

· Records purportedly related to Wallace Fard Muhammad
Wali Fred Dad
Wali Fred Dad
Source
1909 naturalization
Name
Wali Fred Dad
Reported Place of Birth
Hong Kong
Reported Date of Birth
Feb 14, 1882
Comments
Claimed to be "Subject of Alphonso xiii King of Spain" and have arrived in San Francisco via Hong Kong. Was living in Eugene, Oregon. Nation of Islam teaches that Fard's father was named Alphonso.
Fred Dodd
Fred Dodd
Source
April 20, 1914 Marriage Certificate to Pearl Allen
Name
Fred Dodd
Reported Place of Birth
Europe
Reported Date of Birth
Age 23 (c. 1891)
Comments
Allen was a Native American teenager, Fred Dodd identified as a salesman who was born in Europe along with both his parents. Marriage in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
Wallie Dodd Fard
Wallie Dodd Fard
Source
1917 draft card
Name
Wallie Dodd Fard
Reported Place of Birth
Shinka, Afghanistan
Reported Date of Birth
Feb 26, 1893
Comments
Restaurant owner in Los Angeles.
Wallie D. Ford
Wallie D. Ford
Source
1920 census
Name
Wallie D. Ford
Reported Place of Birth
New Zealand
Reported Date of Birth
Age 26 (c. 1894)
Comments
Living in Los Angeles.
Wallace Dodd Ford
Wallace Dodd Ford
Source
1920 birth certificate of child with Hazel
Name
Wallace Dodd Ford
Reported Place of Birth
New Zealand
Reported Date of Birth
Age 26 (c. 1894)
Comments
Father identifies as white.
Wallie Dodd Ford
Wallie Dodd Ford
Source
1924 marriage certificate to Carmen Trevino
Name
Wallie Dodd Ford
Reported Place of Birth
Native of Oregon
Reported Date of Birth
Age 26 (c. 1898)
Comments
Claimed his parents "Zaradodd Ford" and "Babbjie" were natives of Madrid, Spain.
Wallie D. Ford
Wallie D. Ford
Source
1926 prison records
Name
Wallie D. Ford
Reported Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon
Reported Date of Birth
Age 31 (c. 1895)
Comments
Claimed his parents were Zared and Beatrice Ford of Hawaii
William D. Fard
William D. Fard
Source
1930 census
Name
William D. Fard
Reported Place of Birth
Oregon
Reported Date of Birth
Age 32 (c. 1898)
Comments
Claimed father from Argentina, mother from Oregon. Listed occupation is salesman in clothing industry. Listed as veteran of World War I.
Master Fard Muhammad
Master Fard Muhammad
Source
NOI tradition
Name
Master Fard Muhammad
Reported Place of Birth
Mecca
Reported Date of Birth
February 26, 1877
Comments
Son of a black father and white mother. Father named Alphonso and termed the Mahdi, mother named Bibi Ji (Baby Gee). Alphonso was also the name of the monarch renounced by Wali Fred Dad in his 1909 naturalization.
Source
Name
Reported Place of Birth
Reported Date of Birth
Comments
1909 naturalization
Wali Fred Dad
Hong Kong
Feb 14, 1882
Claimed to be "Subject of Alphonso xiii King of Spain" and have arrived in San Francisco via Hong Kong. Was living in Eugene, Oregon. Nation of Islam teaches that Fard's father was named Alphonso.
April 20, 1914 Marriage Certificate to Pearl Allen
Fred Dodd
Europe
Age 23 (c. 1891)
Allen was a Native American teenager, Fred Dodd identified as a salesman who was born in Europe along with both his parents. Marriage in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
1917 draft card
Wallie Dodd Fard
Shinka, Afghanistan
Feb 26, 1893
Restaurant owner in Los Angeles.
1920 census
Wallie D. Ford
New Zealand
Age 26 (c. 1894)
Living in Los Angeles.
1920 birth certificate of child with Hazel
Wallace Dodd Ford
New Zealand
Age 26 (c. 1894)
Father identifies as white.
1924 marriage certificate to Carmen Trevino
Wallie Dodd Ford
Native of Oregon
Age 26 (c. 1898)
Claimed his parents "Zaradodd Ford" and "Babbjie" were natives of Madrid, Spain.
1926 prison records
Wallie D. Ford
Portland, Oregon
Age 31 (c. 1895)
Claimed his parents were Zared and Beatrice Ford of Hawaii
1930 census
William D. Fard
Oregon
Age 32 (c. 1898)
Claimed father from Argentina, mother from Oregon. Listed occupation is salesman in clothing industry. Listed as veteran of World War I.
NOI tradition
Master Fard Muhammad
Mecca
February 26, 1877
Son of a black father and white mother. Father named Alphonso and termed the Mahdi, mother named Bibi Ji (Baby Gee). Alphonso was also the name of the monarch renounced by Wali Fred Dad in his 1909 naturalization.

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