Idries Shah

Also known as Arkon Daraul, Indries Shah, Sayed Idries el-Hashimi, Idris Shah, Shah Idries

Afghan Sufi teacher (1924-1996)

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Born: 1924
Died: 1996
Works: 93

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Tale of the sands
Natsarūdin - khon čhao samrān
Thinkers of the East
The exploits of the incomparable Mulla Nasrudin
al-Sūfīyūn

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1972-11-29

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5 total works indexed

Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,706x
GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,264x
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2019 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association
· 2019 · cited 7,464x
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2020 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association
· 2020 · cited 6,849x
Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,660x

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Key facts

Born: Idries Shah , ( 1924-06-16 ) 16 June 1924, Simla , Punjab Province (British India)
Died: 23 November 1996 (1996-11-23) (aged 72), London , England, UK
Pen name: Arkon Daraul
Occupation: Writer, publisher
Genre: Eastern philosophy and culture
Subject: Sufism, psychology
Notable works: The Sufis The Commanding Self The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin Thinkers of the East Learning How to Learn The Way of the Sufi Reflections Kara Kush
Notable awards: Outstanding Book of the Year (BBC "The Critics"), twice;, six first prizes at the UNESCO World Book Year in 1973
Spouse: Cynthia (Kashfi) Kabraji
Children: Saira Shah , Tahir Shah , Safia Shah

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Shimla
Place of death: London
Child: Safia Shah
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Islam
Official website: www.idriesshahfoundation.org
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place of burial: Brookwood Cemetery
pseudonym: Arkon Daraul
Commons category: Idries Shah
date of birth: 1924-06-16
date of death: 1996-11-23
lifestyle: mysticism
ethnic group: Scottish people

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Encyclopedic overview

Idries Shah (/ˈɪdrɪs ˈʃɑː/; Hindi: इदरीस शाह, Urdu: ادریس شاه; 16 June 1924 – 23 November 1996), also known as Idris Shah, Indries Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi (Arabic: سيد إدريس هاشمي) and by the pen name Arkon Daraul, was an Afghan author, thinker and teacher in the Sufi tradition. Shah wrote over three dozen books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.

Born in British India, the descendant of a family of Afghan nobles on his father's side and a Scottish mother, Shah grew up mainly in England. His early writings centred on magic and witchcraft. In 1960 he established a publishing house, Octagon Press, producing translations of Sufi classics as well as titles of his own. His seminal work was The Sufis, which appeared in 1964 and was well received internationally. In 1965, Shah founded the Institute for Cultural Research, a London-based educational charity devoted to the study of human behaviour and culture. A similar organisation, the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge (ISHK), was established in the United States under the directorship of Stanford University psychology professor Robert Ornstein, whom Shah appointed as his deputy in the U.S.

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