Idries Shah
Idries Shah , also known as Idris Shah, n Sayed Idries elHashimi and by the pen name Arkon Daraul, was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote over three dozen books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.
Idries Shah was born in Simla, India, to an AfghanIndian father, Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah, a writer and diplomat, and a Scottish mother, Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah. His family on the paternal side were Musavi Sayyids. Their ancestral home was near the Paghman Gardens of Kabul. His paternal grandfather, Sayed Amjad Ali Shah, was the nawab of Sardhana in the NorthIndian state of Uttar Pradesh, an hereditary title the family had gained thanks to the services an earlier ancestor, JanFishan Khan, had rendered to the British.
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