The Golden Caravan

Politics & Social Sciences

Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah

Philosophy

Octagon Pr

Alone in Arabian Nights

Travel

Asia

<p>"In all history there is allegory, and all allegory finds its expression in the lives of men." So writes the author through the mouths of one of the 20 travelers telling their story, in true Arabian Nights fashion, as they journey by caravan to the ancient cities of Jerusalem and Mecca. Each tale enthralls us and at the same time we are not surprised as elements remind us that "accounts of unusual forces and the workings of the mind still remain unplumbed for those who prefer to know than to be made excited." For this book contains some of the most important illustrative anecdotes of adventure and tales of mystical and entertainment that Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah (Idries Shah's father) presented during a long life of study and teaching in the Sufi way. </p>
<p>Asia’s master writer, the Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah prepared these twenty narratives while India’s cultural representative for North Africa and all Western Asia. Author of twenty-six books on the East and its thought, the Sirdar formed a link between his illustrious Afghan forebears in the Sufi and Islamic tradition and the increasing interest in the West in these subjects. Soldier, diplomat, medical man, professor and mystic, he lived and taught in many countries of the East and West. This book contains some of the most important illustrative anecdotes and tales of mystical and entertainment content that he presented during a long life of study and teaching.</p>

Escape from Central Asia

An excellent introduction to one of the world’s great holy books. Selected in 1932 by the Sirdar, these extracts were chosen "...almost entirely by considerations of modern utility... I have tried to confine it to excerpts which seemed to me to supply guidance on the problems of modern life." -- Selections from the Koran by Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah: Octagon Press, London, p. vii. Copyright © 1980 by Idries Shah. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Sirdar Ali Shah’s introduction gives a fascinating glimpse into the Arab world at the time of The Prophet and of the way in which the Koran was written and its accuracy preserved to the present.

Selections from the Koran

Religion & Spirituality

Fadilut Maab Hadrat Molvi Mohamed Ali

Christian Books & Bibles

Ishk Book Service

The most readable standard account of the country and its people, by one of its major literary celebrities. Covers history and geography as well as folklore, customs, spells and charms, tales, Sufism and religion. This unique work, by one of the foremost Afghan scholars, is a highly readable yet authoritative account of the manners and customs, history and beliefs of the people of the God-gifted realm of the Afghans. It has been regarded as a standard work for over fifty years.

Afghanistan of the Afghans

History

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