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T H E O C T A G O N P R E S SCata logue 2005

CONTENTSBIOGRAPHY 1

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY 2• Travel 2-3• Cultural Themes 3-4

LITERATURE 5• Literature 5-6• Poetry 6• Humour 7

EASTERN THOUGHT 8• Sufi Studies 8-10• Classics 11-13

HUMANITIES 14• Folklore 14-15• Religion 15-16• Humanities 16-17

AFFILIATED TITLES 18• Hoopoe Books 18-19• Other Affiliated Titles 20

AUTHOR NOTES 21-22

INDEX 23-25

STOCKISTS OF OCTAGON BOOKS 26

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BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

My Khyber MarriageMORAG MURRAY ABDULLAH

At the end of the First World War, MoragMurray left her safe, comfortable, middle-class existence in Edinburgh, and travelledto the distant stronghold of her husband’sfamily – in the mountains of Afghanistan.

The change meant swapping all that waspredictable in her life for adventure and theunknown. In this remarkable autobiographyshe describes how, during the Great Warshe first fell in love with the son of a nobleAfghan chieftain, married him, and learnthow to adapt to the ways of his people.Murray’s stories give an intriguing insightinto the lives of the mountain tribes, theirculture, laws and rigid codes of honour, stillvery much in evidence in Afghanistan today.

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My Life – From Brigand to KingThe Autobiography of Amir HabibullahAMIR HABIBULLAH

The Life and Work of Jalaluddin RumiAFZAL IQBAL

FOREWORD BY PROF. A. J. ARBERRY

Until the publication of The Life and Workof Jalaluddin Rumi, no attempt had beenmade to write for the general public abiography and aesthetic appreciation of theman who enriched human thought withsuch eloquent contributions as TheMasnavi. Afzal Iqbal, an expert on Rumi’slife and his role in the dissemination ofSufi thought, is both scholarly andsensitive to the material. The book helpsto unravel Rumi’s life and his teachings,enabling a greater understanding of keyideas, as well as assisting one to overcomeproblems in the study of Rumi’s work.

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Bacha Saquo, the illiterate son of a water-carrier fought his way to the throne ofAfghanistan and lost it within a year.Starting from nothing, and ruthless to a degree, his ambition was fired by awandering Mulla’s prophecy of Kingship.Habibullah’s autobiography was dictated by the monarch to Jamal, his trustedhenchman. The two were companions andfriends, having grown up together, beforethe water-carrier embarked upon his reign of terror which is still remembered inAfghanistan. My Life – From Brigand to Kingis one of the most extraordinary biographiesof any time. To read it, helps one understandthe background of why Afghanistan is as itis today.

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TRAVEL

Alone in Arabian NightsSIRDAR IKBAL ALI SHAH

‘This’, begins the introduction by ProfessorEdward Sir Denison Ross, ‘is one of themost extraordinary books I have ever read.’

Whether tackling highwaymen orlearning how to sell trinkets, the gusto andpanache of the author shines through.

Adventurer, scholar, and lover of novels of the American Wild West, the Sirdar’snoble lineage does not stop him lodging in caravanserais and living like a pennilessDervish, thus offering a glimpse of theswashbuckling East that few are privilegedto see.

The introduction concludes: ‘So hereyou are, the treat of a lifetime, from thegreatest contemporary writer and travellerof the East!’

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Beyond the Devil’s TeethJourneys in GondwanalandTAHIR SHAH

Forty-five million years ago, thesupercontinent of Gondwanaland split apart.This created what are now known as India,Africa and South America. The hugelandmass was named after the Gonds, aprimitive tribe of central India. Meeting aGond story-teller, Tahir Shah heard theirancient saga, and set off on an epic journeyacross Gondwanaland. Beyond the Devil’sTeeth is the story of his experiences as hetravelled: meeting wanderers and expatriates,attending magical ceremonies and seekingtreasures. Roughing it most of the way, theauthor’s expeditions range through swelteringIndia and Pakistan, Uganda and Rwanda,Congo and Liberia, Brazil, and finallythrough Argentina’s frozen expanse of Patagonia.

‘Nothing is what it seems in thisextraordinary book. Shah is a brilliantlyoriginal writer. – The Sunday Times

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Escape From Central AsiaSIRDAR IKBAL ALI SHAH

This book of twenty narratives by ‘Asia’smaster writer’ Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah, canbe read merely as an entrancing collectionof tales of the East. However, this is tooverlook the fact that they contain some ofthe most important illustrative and mysticalcontent that he presented during a long lifeof study and teaching.

Soldier, diplomat, medical man, professorand mystic, Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah sets histales, Arabian Nights-style, in a caravanbound for Mecca. Every night, a member ofthe pilgrimage tells a tale. Each tale containsa priceless nugget: allegory, contemplation-theme or insight.

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The Golden CaravanSIRDAR IKBAL ALI SHAH

Fifty years of travel and adventure, of writingand teaching, are spanned in this selection bythe prominent Afghan author Sirdar IkbalAli Shah. The whole flavour of the East ishere: Hajis rub shoulders with Bolsheviks;Sultans with Sufis; Colonial Officers withalchemists. The Golden Caravan will take youto Turkestan, and to Egypt, to the Himalayasand the Khyber Pass. Whether you want toescape into a different magical world, or togive yourself a briefing on one of variousEastern societies, The Golden Caravan willnot disappoint. Like the author’s other twodozen books, it is regarded as a classic.

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Afghan Caravan is a rich cornucopia ofinformation from Afghanistan, rangingfrom folklore to traditions, from famousAfghan culinary and herbal recipes toproverbs, national tales, and even to tipson how to choose the right Afghan carpet.Many important aspects of Afghan historyare considered, including the BritishEmpire’s disastrous forays into the countrya century and a half ago. With the renewedinterest in Afghanistan, Safia Shah’s bookacts as an invaluable reference source onall matters Afghan, making good the widegaps in public knowledge.

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After her marriage to an Afghan nobleman(described in My Khyber Marriage), MoragMurray travelled with her husband to hisnative Afghanistan, arriving there shortlyafter the end of the First World War.Accompanying her husband on diplomaticmissions, as well as journeying with him intoremote mountain regions, and the sublimevalleys of Afghanistan, the author gains a rare glimpse of Afghan life and culture.Valley of the Giant Buddhas records people,whose lives had changed little in centuries,a short time before a generation of wardescended on Afghanistan. The book iswritten with the dry charm of Mrs. Murray’sScottish homeland, whether she isrecounting an anecdote from a high profilediplomatic scene, or relating a simpleencounter in the foothills of the Hindu Kush.

‘A book for connoisseurs of the unexpected.’– Weekend Telegraph

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Travels in the Unknown EastJOHN GRANT

A remarkable collection of experiences inMiddle Eastern lands, Travels In TheUnknown East links journeys from Istanbulto Alexandria, and from Aqaba to Damascus.John Grant’s adventures, which took placeas two extensive journeys separated byalmost fifty years, encounter Druze and Arabsheikhs, simple Dervishes and Coptic priests.Travelling with Grant, we experience magicalceremonies, desert ambushes and brawls withdrug-smugglers. Ancient traditions, all theblaze and panoply of the immemorial East –together with some wonderful Orientaltales – meet and mingle with modernityand violence in this extraordinary book.

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Valley of the Giant BuddhasMORAG MURRAY ABDULLAH

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

CULTURAL THEMES

Afghan CaravanEDITED BY SAFIA SHAH

An informative and often entertaining lookat all aspects of Afghan culture, by thecelebrated scholar and savant Sirdar Ikbal AliShah. Every page of this book sparkles withthe author’s intimate knowledge of his homecountry, and with his natural gift for story-telling. As well as the more usual geography,and history, this book has sections on suchdiverse subjects as folklore, popular songsand sayings, charms, spells and divination,legends and traditions. Although firstpublished half a century ago, it is noteworthyhow much light his insights shed on theAfghanistan of today.

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Afghanistan of the AfghansSIRDAR IKBAL ALI SHAH

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Darkest EnglandIDRIES SHAH

In his best-selling Darkest England, IdriesShah asserts that the English hail from alittle-known place called ‘Hathaby’, but theirroots go back much farther, perhaps to thedistant Asian realm of Sakasina. Once anomadic tribe of warriors, the English fledwestward, bringing with them epic tales,traditions, and an Oriental way of thought.Shah charts the genius of the English inadopting and adapting ‘almost anythingspiritual, moral or material’ for their own use– a faculty that has transformed them fromwarrior nomads into successful diplomats,businessmen, thinkers and scientists.

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The Dervishes of TurkeyLUCY M. J. GARNETT

FOREWORD BY O. M. BURKE

For many years The Dervishes of Turkey,(originally published in 1912, and entitledMysticism and Magic in Turkey), formed partof the foundation of Western understandingof the East. Its information was widely quotedand copied by others. In his introduction,O. M. Burke explains the problems arisingfrom this: the book’s author spoke no Easternlanguage, and was treating a very complexsubject without any clear understanding ofit at all. The Dervishes of Turkey is presentedalmost as a cautionary tale, one in which theblind guides the blind, where the author’sgood intentions channel the reader awayfrom a genuine path of study.

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A cornucopia of lore, stories, proverbs,etiquette, and fascinating informationabout the region, The Middle East BedsideBook is an indispensable handbook fortourists and businessmen, Arabists andarmchair-travellers alike. The treasuryencompasses areas as diverse as the Arabicfor words we all use every day, Bedouingreetings, camel lore, and facts andfallacies about the Middle East. Forinstance, King Offa of Mercia struck a gold coin with the Islamic epithet ‘There is No God but Allah’, upon it; Chaucer,Shakespeare and Dante drew inspirationfrom Arab sources for many of their tales.

‘A treasury of Middle Eastern stories whichreveals the wealth of the traffic betweenthe East and West… Excerpts fromWestern travellers’ tales are contrasted

The Englishman’s HandbookIDRIES SHAH

The Englishman’s Handbook is the third bookin Idries Shah’s best-selling trilogy on whythe English are as strange as they are. Heexamines the ‘baffling phenomena of theBritish and Britishness’, presenting a manualof handy tips on how to muddle throughwhile visiting English shores. Anilluminating and often hilarious read, thebook is just as valuable to the British as itis to foreigners. It contains all sorts ofextraordinary information on how to confuseforeigners with sheer Englishness, if any domanage to break through the barriers.

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The Middle East Bedside BookEDITED BY TAHIR SHAH

The Natives Are RestlessIDRIES SHAH

The Natives Are Restless chronicles some ofthe amazing, amusing, and thought-provoking adventures of the Afghantraveller and writer, Idries Shah, amongmembers of what he calls the ‘Englishtribe’. It is an enthralling sequel to hisbestselling Darkest England, the narrativeillustrating his practised eye as ananthropologist. Shah observes how theEnglish see themselves, and contrasts itwith how the rest of the world views thiseccentric island race. He also speculates onthe likely continuing effect of Englishnesson the future development of global society,offering unsuspecting parallels betweenEnglish attitudes and Oriental wisdom.

‘I can’t imagine anyone not enjoying thismany-angled book, such a rich mixture ofanecdote, information and history!’

– Daily Telegraph

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with comments by the East on the West.’– The Independent

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LITERATURE

LITERATURE

LITERATURE

Caravan of DreamsIDRIES SHAH

Caravan of Dreams distils the essence ofEastern thought in a feast of stories, sayings,poems and allegories, collected by one of theworld’s leading experts in Orientalphilosophy. Idries Shah builds up a completepicture of a single consciousness, relatingmythology to reality, illuminating historicalpatterns, and presenting philosophicallegends in this unique anthology. Its title isinspired by the couplet written by the Sufimystic Bahaudin:

‘Here we are, all of us: in a dream-caravan,A caravan, but a dream – a dream, but a

caravan.And we know which are the dreams.Therein lies the hope.’

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The Hundred Tales of WisdomAflaki’s Munaqib and Other NarrativesTRANSLATED BY IDRIES SHAH

Traditionally known as The Hundred Tales ofWisdom, this collection comprises excerptsfrom the life, teachings and miracles of theSufi teacher Jalaluddin Rumi, together withcertain important stories from his works. Aswell as being part of the bedrock of classical

Jami:Yusuf and ZulaikhaTRANSLATED BY DAVID PENDLEBURY

Described in the Qur’an as ‘the mostbeautiful of stories’, the romance of Yusufand Zulaikha is a theme to which Easternpoets have constantly returned. In Jami’sdeeply moving, thought-provoking, andhighly entertaining version, it finds itsgreatest expression. The story explores theintimate and many-levelled relationshipbetween love and beauty, and is the mostcelebrated of all Jami’s works. This entirelynew prose translation combines a faithfulreflection of the spirit of the original, withthe compulsive readability of a good novel.

HARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 77 4 £15.50

The Journey of the SoulIBN TUFAIL

TRANSLATED BY DR. RIAD KOCACHE

The story of Hai bin Yaqzan, widely regardedas the ‘prototype’ of Daniel Defoe’s RobinsonCrusoe, is best described, perhaps, as a

Persian literature, these tales, anecdotes andnarratives are believed, by Sufis, to aid in thedevelopment of insights beyond ordinaryperceptions. Here, they are translated andpresented by Idries Shah.

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philosophical romance. It tells the story ofa young man, cast upon a desert island asan infant, suckled and reared by a doe, whosucceeds by his own efforts in fittinghimself for life in his natural environment.The author, Ibn Tufail, was one of theoutstanding philosophers and scientists ofhis day, and hence the narrative of this taleweaves together strands from manydisciplines. Despite its origins in 12thcentury Moorish Spain, The Journey of theSoul touches on astonishingly current issues,such as ‘the scientific method’, psychologicaldevelopment, and the process of evolution.

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The Memoirs of a SurvivorDORIS LESSING

Doris Lessing described The Memoirs of aSurvivor as ‘an attempt at autobiography’, butthe book – set in a frightening near-futureworld amidst the collapse of civilisation –has the magical quality of a fable or allegory.From her window, the narrator watches acity where everyone has to fight for survival,and where men, women and even childrenare brutalised by necessity. She alsowatches over Emily, a girl entrusted to herby a stranger who vanishes. Emily herself isguarded too by Hugo – an animal half-dogand half-cat – a creature who dominatesthis tale.

‘…one of the most frightening andpersuasive books I have read.’

– Daily Mail

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A Perfumed ScorpionIDRIES SHAH

The ‘perfuming of a scorpion’, referred to bythe great Sufi teacher Bahaudin, symbolizeshypocrisy and self-deception: both in theindividual and in institutions. In A PerfumedScorpion, Idries Shah directs attention toboth the perfume and the scorpion – theoverlay and the reality – in psychology,human behaviour and the learning process.Crammed with illustrative anecdotes fromcontemporary life, the book is neverthelessrooted in the teaching patterns of Rumi,Hafiz, Jami, and many other great Orientalsages. It deals with the need for and thepath to knowledge and information.

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Quatrains of Khalilullah KhaliliKHALILULLAH KHALILI

Professor Khalilullah Khalili, the formerPoet Laureate of Afghanistan, was born in1907, and died in 1987. The author ofmore than twenty works on the subjects of history, literature and philosophy, he was a government official and a professor of literature, as well as holding the post of Afghan ambassador to Iraq and SaudiArabia. Writing in Persian, his style wastraditional with perfect rhyme and regularmetre. This selection of Khalili’s Quatrainsis presented with a trilingual text, in English,Persian and Arabic, and touches on thethemes of love, beauty, and mysticism.

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Thinkers of the EastIDRIES SHAH

Thinkers of the East is a collection ofanecdotes and ‘parables in action’ illustratingthe eminently practical and lucid approachof Eastern Dervish teachers. Distilled fromthe teachings of more than one hundredsages in three continents, this materialstresses the experimental rather than thetheoretical – and it is that characteristic ofSufi study which provides its impact andvitality. The emphasis of Thinkers of the Eastcontrasts sharply with the Western conceptof the East as a place of theory withoutpractice, or thought without action. Thebook’s author, Idries Shah, says ‘Withoutdirect experience of such teaching, or atleast a direct recording of it, I cannot see howEastern thought can ever be understood’.


LITERATURE

The Way of the Sufi presents an unparalleledcross-section of material from Sufi schools,teachings and classical writings, as a basiccourse of Sufi study. The author begins withthe outward aspects of the teaching mostlikely to puzzle the student coming fresh tothe subject. He considers various attitudesto Sufi ideas, and evidence of theirabsorption into medieval Christianity,Hinduism, Jewish mysticism and modernphilosophical teachings. The greater partof the book illuminates aspects of Sufiactivity and practice relevant to thecontemporary world.

‘Like a door opening where one leastexpects it.’ – The New York Times


The Way of the SufiIDRIES SHAH

Wisdom of the IdiotsIDRIES SHAH

In Idries Shah’s Wisdom of the Idiots, the‘idiots’ are Sufis, called this because theirwisdom penetrates to a depth which rendersit inaccessible to the merely intelligent oracademically-knowledgeable. The exercise-stories of the Sufis are tools prepared for a specific purpose. On this level themovements of the characters in a storyportray psychological processes, and thestory becomes a working blueprint of thoseprocesses. Wisdom of the Idiots has beenawarded many prizes, including two goldmedals, one as ‘Best Book’, in conjunctionwith UNESCO’s World Book Year.


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The KasidahSIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON

Translated by Sir Richard Burton under thepseudonym of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî after hisreturn from Mecca in 1854, The Kasidah,an important Sufi text, was not publishedin English until 1880. Burton’s preface tothe reader begins, ‘The Translator hasventured to entitle a “Lay of the HigherLaw” the following composition, which aimsat being in advance of its time; and he hasnot feared the danger of collision with suchunpleasant forms as the “Higher Culture.”

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HUMOUR

The Exploits of theIncomparable Mulla NasrudinIDRIES SHAH

Mulla Nasrudin, the wise fool of Easternfolklore, holds a special place in Sufi studies.The Sufis, who believe that deep intuitionis the only real guide to knowledge, use thehumorous stories of Nasrudin’s adventuresalmost like exercises. They ask people tochoose a few which especially appeal tothem, and turn them over in their mind,making them their own. Sufi teachingmasters say that in this way a breakthroughinto a higher wisdom can be effected. Asingle story can work on many levels, fromgreat humour to initiating profound thought.

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The Pleasantries of theIncredible Mulla NasrudinIDRIES SHAH

The appeal of Nasrudin is as universal andtimeless as the truths he illustrates. Hisstories are read by children, by scientists andscholars, and by followers of philosophy.Idries Shah assembled this collection ofNasrudin’s trials and tribulations fromancient manuscripts and oral literature, fromsources in North Africa and Turkey, theMiddle East and Central Asia. Many wereknown to the great Sufi masters, Rumi, Jami,and Attar the Chemist.

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The Exploits of theIncomparable Mulla NasrudinandThe Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla NasrudinIDRIES SHAH

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Special IlluminationThe Use of Sufi HumourIDRIES SHAH

Special Illumination is a term used by the greatpoet and mystic Jalaluddin Rumi to stressthe importance of humour in metaphysicalexperience. Of it, Idries Shah says, ‘Rumidirectly contradicts such numerous sour-faced religionists as, in all persuasions, findthat humour disturbs the indoctrinationwhich is all that they usually have to offer.’

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The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla NasrudinIDRIES SHAH

Many countries claim Nasrudin as a native,although few have gone so far as Turkey inexhibiting a ‘grave’ of the wisest fool whoever lived, and holding an annual NasrudinFestival. He is the greatest, most intriguing,character of folklore found in any Easternland. Versions of his back-to-front thinkingcan be found in Morocco, Egypt and Russia,in Turkey, Greece, Albania and Afghanistan.Since Idries Shah made Nasrudin’s geniusavailable to mainstream Western readersthree decades ago, people from every walk oflife have laughed at and learned from thewise fool’s inimitable escapades.

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The World of NasrudinIDRIES SHAH

Nasrudin is the greatest of all Arab folkheroes, and is found across the IslamicWorld, from Morocco to Pakistan, andbeyond. He is said to have been the wisestfool who ever lived – that is if he ever didlive at all. Stories of Nasrudin’s manyincarnations are studied by Sufis for theirhidden wisdom, and are universally enjoyedfor their humour. Sometimes Nasrudin is animpoverished itinerant or stallholder, and atothers, he is the mayor, judge, vizier, or eventhe King. The World of Nasrudin is thefourth book in the corpus written by IdriesShah, and is the last to be published by thecelebrated Afghan author.

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EASTERN THOUGHT

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SUFI STUDIES

The Commanding SelfIDRIES SHAH

The Commanding Self, in Sufic terminology,is that mixture of the primitive andconditioned responses, common to everyone,which inhibits and distorts human progressand understanding. This book was describedby Shah as the key to understanding hisentire corpus of work. While complete initself as an anthology of hitherto unpublishedwork, it serves to illustrate and amplifyIdries Shah’s preceding books on the SufiWay. In its introduction, he writes,‘Thousands of books and monographs havebeen written on Sufism and the Sufis,almost all of them from the point of view ofother ways of thinking. The result has beenchaos in the literature, and confusion inthe reader. Over the centuries, some of theworld’s most eminent scholars have falleninto the trap of trying to examine, access orconsider the Sufi phenomenon through aset of culture-bound preconceptions.’


First Among SufisThe Life and Thought of al-AdawiyyaWIDAD EL-SAKKAKINI

A Glossary of Sufi Technical Terms‘Abd al-Razzaq Al-QashaniTRANSLATED BY DR. NABIL SAFWAT,REVISED & EDITED BY

DAVID PENDLEBURY

Madame Sakkakini, a major contemporarynovelist and scholar, here provides animpressionistic account of the life and workof Rabia, the extraordinary Sufi woman saint.Born into eighth century Basra, Rabiabecame an ascetic, before passing beyondthis stage to that of Sufi and reputedmiracle worker. She was one of the first topoint out that religion, correctly understood,is not to be confused with emotionality.

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‘Required reading’ in Sufi circles for the lastsix and a half centuries, this is the onlyreadily accessible version of this key workin a Western language.

‘Thanks be to God,’ says the 14thcentury author in his introduction, ‘whohas… delivered us from all useless andsuperfluous talk…’

True to his word A Glossary of SufiTechnical Terms is both concise, andbrimming with ideas. It providesexplanations of the concepts andterminology used in Sufi works. It is aninvaluable work of reference, which mayalso be read as a continuous text. Both theannotated translation and the originalArabic are presented in this edition.

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Knowing How to KnowIDRIES SHAH

Contemporary esoteric systems almostalways play on the desire of mankind to seekor acquire knowledge. All but universallyneglected in such systems are the – oftenunrecognized – barriers which preventknowledge and understanding. Beforelearning can take place, certain conditionsand basic factors must be in place; in theindividual or the group. Building on thefoundations laid in Learning How to Learnand The Commanding Self, Idries Shah inKnowing How to Know illuminates thosefactors. Like an ultra-violet light shone ontothe petals of flowers, it reveals concealedpatterns, normally invisible to our customarymodes of thought.


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Learning How to LearnIDRIES SHAH

100 CONVERSATIONS WITH IDRIES SHAH

Condensed from over three million words,these conversations involve housewives andcabinet ministers, professors and assembly-line workers, on the subject of howtraditional psychology can illuminate currenthuman, social and spiritual problems. Morethan a hundred tales and extracts from Sufilore, ranging from the eighth century Hasanof Basra, to the modern Afghan poetKhalilullah Khalili, are woven into Shah’snarratives of how and why the Sufis learn,what they learn: and how spiritualunderstanding develops and deteriorates inall societies.

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Neglected Aspects of Sufi StudyIDRIES SHAH

Based on lectures delivered by Idries Shahin the United States, this slim volumeencompasses a multitude of themes, whichhad scarcely impinged upon Westernconsciousness before. Some – such as thedisabling effect of emotion, assumptions andsocial conditioning – feed into and havesometimes triggered contemporarypsychological research. However, the bookgoes much further than this, providing a succinct and informative overview of Sufi practice.

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Oriental MysticismNasafi’s Remotest AimPRESENTED BY E. H. PALMER

Dedicated to Napoleon III of France,Professor Palmer’s systematisation of variousSufi materials has been regarded as essentialreading in its subject for many years.

The author makes a genuine attempt –brave for its time – to present an overviewof Sufi doctrine without inserting criticalinterference of his own. As well ascataloguing the doctrines professed bythose he calls the ‘philosopher poets of the East’, this book contains an importantglossary of Sufi terms, which is indispensablefor students seeking to read classicalPersian poetry.

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Seeker After TruthIDRIES SHAH

The SufisIDRIES SHAH

When it first appeared in 1964, The Sufiswas welcomed as the definitive work on thesubject: rich in scope, clearly explainingthe traditions and philosophy of the Sufisto a Western audience for the first time. Inthe four decades since its release, the bookhas been translated into more than a dozenlanguages, and has found a wide readershipin both East and West. It is used as a textin scores of leading universities around theworld, and the material contained within it has been applied by psychologists andphysicists, by school teachers, lawyers,social workers, and by ordinary members of the public. Ted Hughes wrote of it: ‘An astonishing book. The Sufis must bethe biggest society of sensible men onearth’; and Doris Lessing said of it: ‘I hadwaited my entire life to read this book.’

‘Perhaps the best introduction to the bodyof Shah’s work, the most comprehensivelyinformative. And one is immediatelyforced to use one’s mind in a new way.’

– The New York Times

‘A seminal book of the century.’– The Washington Post


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A treasure house of teaching materials,assembled in the Sufi manner, Seeker AfterTruth contains both traditional tales andstories gleaned from contemporary sources,and snippets of table talk, discussions andteachings, letters and lectures by Idries Shah.Taken together, it constitutes a handbookof materials designed to provoke a differentkind of thought.

‘Unlike anything our society has produced…in its capacity to shock us into seeingourselves as others see us, both personallyand as a society.’

– Literary Review


Sufi Thought and ActionINTRODUCTION BY IDRIES SHAH

Previously published only as separateessays, Sufi Thought and Action – assembledand introduced by Idries Shah – covers anextraordinary diversity of Sufi ideas andactivities in many countries and cultures.Included in the volume are papers on SufiPrinciples and Learning Methods; Ritual,Initiation and Secrets in Sufi Circles; andKey Concepts in Sufi Understanding. Thevolume stands as a clear and simplehandbook to many facets of Sufi study andthought. Shah’s introduction begins, ‘Theobject of Sufi spiritual teaching can beexpressed as: to help to refine the individual’sconsciousness so that it may reach theRadiances of Truth, from which one is cutoff by ordinary activities of the world’.

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A Veiled GazelleIDRIES SHAH

A ‘Veiled Gazelle’, as the great mystic IbnArabi explains in his Interpreter of Desires,is a subtlety, an organ of higher perception.Sufi experientialists refer to the activationof these centres of awareness as theawakening of real knowledge of Truthbeyond form. A Veiled Gazelle considers thesymbolic and instrumental employment ofits literature in Sufi studies. Seldom didactic,and never meant only as entertainment,such works are regarded as some of theworld’s greatest and most important writing.

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The World of the SufiASSEMBLED & INTRODUCED

BY IDRIES SHAH

Assembled by Idries Shah, The World of theSufi is a comprehensive collection of learnedessays and papers on the subject of Sufithought. One of the book’s attractions isthe way that it considers central questionsand areas of study from different angles.Sufi literature, the use of humour, and Suficommunities in various cultural settings, aresome of the many subjects discussed. Inaddition, experts in their fields commenton areas such as Sufism and Psychiatry,Indian Thought and the Sufis, andTherapy and the Sufi. Among the book’scontributors are Idries Shah, Doris Lessing,Peter Brent and Dr. Arthur J. Deikman.

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The Alchemy of HappinessAL-GHAZZALI

TRANSLATED BY CLAUD FIELD

The influence of Al-Ghazzali upon Christianand Islamic thinkers of the Middle Ages isbecoming more and more widelydocumented. Known as ‘The Proof ofIslam’, Al-Ghazzali finally won acceptancefor Sufism in Islam; his methods of argumentand analysis are much discussed in bothEast and West. Indeed, some Arab scholarsmaintain that Al-Ghazzali was one of thevery purest Muslims who ever lived. TheAlchemy of Happiness is Al-Ghazzali’s ownabridgement of his masterwork, The Revivalof Religious Sciences.

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Al-Muqaddasi: Revelation of theSecrets of the Birds and FlowersTRANSLATED BY IRENE HOARE &

DARYA GALY

EDITED BY DENISE WINN

Consisting of four different manuscripts,published in 19th century Paris, in Arabicand French, this book is reputedly thefinalisation of a corpus of material whichhad been begun in far earlier times. It contains a number of Sufi technicalphrases, and shows how certain varieties ofSufi literature were projected in such a way

as both to accord with orthodox religion ofthe Islamic persuasion, and also to maintainconcepts which are rarely emphasised informal religion.

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The Book of EcstasyThe Halnama of ArifiTRANSLATED BY R. S. GREENSHIELDS

The long-standing Sufi tradition of usingsuitable imagery to project experiences andteaching, has naturally caused greatconfusion among literal thinkers, particularlyin the West. The great Arifi of Heratproduced a cosmological tour-de-force andliterary sensation by writing his greatmystical poem entirely in terms of the gameof polo. This important work, written in justtwo weeks and cherished for centuries as aclassic, is presented here with the Persiantext and an explanatory introduction. Muchof its interest is referred to in the conclusionof a Dervish master, that it ‘is really thebook of the fallacies of raw expectation of the limitations of meditation alone, and of the incompleteness of excitement’.

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The Bostan of SaadiSaadi of ShirazTRANSLATED BY MIRZA AQIL

HUSSAIN, BARLAS

A pupil of the eminent Sufi SheikhShahabuddin Suhrawardi, Saadi of Shirazhas influenced European literature, and hisworks are studied in both East and West.

A Fool of God:The MysticalVerse of Baba TahirTRANSLATED BY E. HERON-ALLEN

One of the earliest Sufi poets in Persian,Baba Tahir is famous for his use of rusticdialects rather than polished style in hisexpression of mystical love-poetry. He is oneof the four great pioneers of the quatrain(the others were Abu Said, Ansari andOmar Khayyam), and his songs are stillwidely sung and revered in Central Asia.Known as ‘The Naked’, because of hisdisdain for outward show, Baba Tahir wasvisited by Sultan Tughrul Beg. Subsequently,it is believed that he granted the Sultanvictory over his enemies, so long as the rulerupheld justice. Perhaps for this reason, therecitation of his work is imagined by someto grant the heart’s desire to an honest man.

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His Bostan, ‘The Orchard’, is one of thegreatest of all Sufi Classics. Together withhis Gulistan, it is regarded as a supremeaccomplishment of Sufi thought. Itcontains a richness of material and beautyof poetry which are almost unparalleled.The Bostan is a mine of proverbs,quotations and practical wisdom. It containsmoralistic aphorisms and teaching stories,and is recognized by eminent Sufis asconcealing the whole range of the deepestSufi knowledge which can be committed to writing.

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FOUR SUFI CLASSICS• Salaman and Absal, by JamiTRANSLATED BY EDWARD FITZGERALD

• The Niche for Lights, by Al-GhazzaliTRANSLATED BY W. H. T. GAIRDNER

• The Way of the Seeker,by Hakim Sanai TRANSLATED & ABRIDGED

BY DAVID PENDLEBURY

• The Abode of Spring, by Jami TRANSLATED & ABRIDGED

BY DAVID PENDLEBURY

These four classical expositions give across-section of traditional Sufi instructionmaterials studied in Dervish schools.Together they cover the major approachesto the Sufis: the allegorical, the interpretive,the psychological and the literary.

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The Gulistan of Saadi Saadi of ShirazINTRODUCTION BY IDRIES SHAH

The Gulistan, or ‘Rose Garden’, of Saadi ofShiraz is one of the best known andcelebrated books written in the Persianlanguage. In his introduction, Idries Shahsays, ‘Like all Sufi materials, Saadi’s RoseGarden contains information, and isformulated, to gain acceptance in theculture in which it is projected – and is aninstrument of enlightenment and experience.Among Sufis, reading Saadi undoubtedlyproduces insights. In Sufi school usage, firstthe exterior meaning is absorbed, then thesecondary meaning. This tension betweenthe two levels, can lead to the ability to seefurther ranges of significance, until the stagemay be reached when we find understandingbeyond verbalisation.’

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The Sacred KnowledgeThe Altaf al-Quds of Shah WaliullahTRANSLATED BY G. N. JALBANI

REVISED & EDITED BY DAVID PENDLEBURY

The Sacred Knowledge is regarded as afundamental text in both East and West bystudents of Sufi thought. Through ProfessorJalbani’s rendering, the book shows how the18th century mystic of Delhi discharged histask. In Waliullah’s own words, ‘The purposebehind writing this discourse is that onlythose problems pertaining to perceptionand the mystical unveiling are mentioned.’

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The Secret Garden of Mahmud ShabistariTRANSLATED BY JOHNSON PASHA

Written by a little-known Persian sage ofthe 13th century, The Secret Garden rapidlybecame, and has remained ever since, oneof the very greatest classics of spirituality inthe East. Five centuries after it was written,two travellers introduced it to the West.This version was translated by JohnsonPasha during the 19th century, from a textprepared for the Aga Khan. Shabistari’sideas, which can be usefully applied to ourown contemporary problems, are employeddaily by psychologists, sociologists andanthropologists alike.

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The Teachings of Rumi:The MasnaviJALALUDDIN RUMI

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E. H. WHINFIELD

Forty-three years in the writing, The Masnaviwas Rumi’s greatest work, and one of themost important books in the study of Sufiideas. Of Rumi, Professor A. J. Arberryremarked, ‘It can well be argued that he isthe supreme mystical poet of all mankind’;and of The Masnavi, Idries Shah says, ‘To theSufi, if not to anyone else, this book speaksfrom a different dimension, yet a dimensionwhich is in a way within the deepest self ’.

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The Treatise of the PoolOBADYAH MAIMONIDES

TRANSLATED BY DR. PAUL FENTON

The Treatise of the Pool is a remarkable,previously unpublished, Sufi text by thegrandson of the celebrated philosopherMoses Maimonides. A translation of Al-Maqala al-Hawdiyya which is housed inOxford’s Bodleian Library, the manuscriptis a rare and valuable work from athirteenth century Jewish Sufi. In hisforeword, Dr Fenton notes that: ‘Dueperhaps to the persistence of family tradition,Obadyah’s doctrine exhibits manyanalogies with, and may perhaps elucidateobscurities in, the system of his illustriousforebear. At the same time it is certainlynot without intrinsic value in itself, sinceObadyah’s philosophical preoccupationsdiffer markedly from those of his grandfather.To be sure, his system, couched in a peculiarJudeo-Arabic idiom, is permeated with aphilosophical mysticism that owes much tothe influence of Sufism’.

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The Walled Garden of TruthThe HadiqaHAKIM SANAI

TRANSLATED & ABRIDGED

BY DAVID PENDLEBURY

Continuously studied as a classic of Sufiliterature for eight hundred years, TheHadiqa, or ‘The Walled Garden of Truth’,is one of Sanai’s most important works.The book is composed in such a manner asto give several readings for many passages.This affects a shift in the perceptionsanalogous to a change in focus on one andthe same object.

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FOLKLORE

Arabian Fairy TalesAMINA SHAH

Beautiful princesses and terrifying Jinn,Caliphs rich beyond dreams, monsters andragged beggars, wise Dervishes and talismans:all are found in abundance in this treasuryof tales of adventure, enchantment andstrange patterns of fate. Amina Shahgathered the thirty-three stories while ontravels through Arab lands, from Morocco’sAtlas mountains to the ancient cities of Iraq.Descended from an Afghan family of writersand savants, Amina Shah is internationallyrecognized as a leading expert on folklore andthe indigenous cultures of the Arab World.

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The Assemblies of Al-HaririRETOLD BY AMINA SHAH

Since the time of the First Crusade, tales ofAbu Zaid of Saruj have been read, admired,imitated and praised, from Spain to theHindu Kush. Al-Hariri of Basra (1054-1122)is variously described as a silk-merchant,and a high official of the Seljuk monarchMalik Shah. He was the author of TheAssemblies, regarded for eight centuries asthe greatest treasure in Arabic after theQur’an. The adventures of the astonishingrogue Abu Zaid are, on one level,entertaining in their own right. But this

book’s depth is based upon the inner threadwoven through the tales, which mirror theantics of the human mind on its waythrough life.

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The Book of the BookIDRIES SHAH

Used for more than seven hundred years asa teaching story, The Book of the Book is oneof the most compelling and astonishing textsever to emerge from the Orient. Its centralpremise is the simple phrase: ‘When yourealize the difference between the containerand the content, you will have knowledge.’When the book first appeared in Englishthirty-five years ago, its printers questionedhow it could be a book, as did reviewers,scholars, and people who paid money to buyit. The Book of the Book is now in its seventhimpression, and is studied at university level,appreciated by all for its simple brilliance.

‘An extraordinary psychological test, in thatit predicts the complete range of possibleresponses to itself ’.

– The Sunday Telegraph

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Tales From the BazaarsAMINA SHAH

Tales From the Bazaars is a treasury oftraditional folklore by Amina Shah, herselfwidely regarded as one of the greateststorytellers of the twentieth century. Thecollection is compiled from many of Amina’sfavourite folktales, gathered from Turkeyand Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan and India,from Europe and the Americas. The scopeof the stories presented is quite extraordinaryin itself, and is all the more unusual in thateach tale in the book was collected byAmina from a verbal source. Among thestories are The Tale of Hatim Tai; The King,the Dog and the Golden Bowl; The Shah’sRing and The Magic Talisman.

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Tales of AfghanistanAMINA SHAH

Rivalling the magical narratives of her otherbooks, Amina Shah’s Tales of Afghanistan issimple, elegant, and impossible to forget. Itstales, collected on Amina’s own travels inAfghanistan, are still told in teahouses andcaravanserais, as they have been for athousand years. Such stories form a powerfulfolklore, unique to Afghanistan, the resultof centuries of being the crossroads ofCentral Asia. The volume contains suchgems as The Leopard and the Jinn; The AmirWho was a Beggar; The Tailor and the Devand The Well of Everlasting Life.

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Tales of the DervishesIDRIES SHAH

Although enormously attractive as sheerentertainment, Dervish tales were neverpresented merely on the level of a fable,legend or folklore. They stand comparisonin wit, construction and piquancy with thefinest stories of any culture, yet their truefunction as Sufi teaching stories is so little-known in the modern world, that notechnical or popular terms exist to describethem. The material in Tales of the Dervishesis the result of a thousand years ofdevelopment, during which Dervish mastersused these and other teaching stories toinstruct their disciples. The tales are heldto convey powers of increasing perceptionunknown to the ordinary man.

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The Tale of the Four DervishesRETOLD BY AMINA SHAH

When the great thirteenth century Sufiteacher Nizamuddin Awliyya was ill, thisallegory was recited to him by his discipleAmir Khusru, the eminent Persian poet.On his recovery, Nizamuddin placed abenediction on the book, and it is widelybelieved that the recitation of this storywill restore the health of the ailing. Theallegorical dimensions it contains are partof a teaching-system intended to preparethe mind for spiritual development.

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World TalesIDRIES SHAH

How can it be that the same story is foundin Scotland and also in Pre-ColumbianAmerica? What can account for thedurability and persistence of tales? Was thetale of Aladdin and his wondrous lamp reallytaken from Wales (where it has been found)to the ancient East and, if so, when and bywhom? These questions and more areanswered in Idries Shah’s remarkablevolume World Tales, which is subtitled,‘The extraordinary coincidence of storiestold in all times, in all places’. In hisintroduction, Shah remarks, ‘Working forthirty-five years among the written andoral sources of our world heritage in tales,one feels a truly living element in themwhich is startlingly evident when oneisolates the ‘basic’ stories; the ones whichtend to have travelled farthest, to havefeatured in the largest number of classicalcollections, to have inspired great writersof the past and present’.

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RELIGION

The Elephant in the DarkIDRIES SHAH

A group of men sought to examine anelephant in a dark room. Each took hold ofa different part – an ear, the tail, a leg. Eachmistook his particular part for the whole –and became convinced that an elephantwas a fan, a rope, a pillar – and so on.

With this seven hundred year old fable bythe Sufi giant Jalaluddin Rumi, Idries Shahpresents the Sufi perspective thatChristianity and Islam stem from one, inner,origin. Based on his celebrated GenevaUniversity lectures, this book dazzles withthe breadth of its scholarship and the depthof its ideas.

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The Nature of Religious ManEDITED BY PROF. D. B. FRY

In the modern world, the subject of religionassumes an ever-growing importance,despite a widely-held view to the contrary.On the one hand, there is the evidence of astrong impulse towards ecumenism on thepart of the established religions, and on theother, the very widespread trend amongindividuals towards seeking out andfollowing religious beliefs and practices of amuch less formal and less organized kind.The Nature of Religious Man is the report ofa major symposium organized by the Institutefor Cultural Research, designed to bringtogether the realms of tradition andexperience in many aspects of world religion.

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The Religion of the SufisTRANSLATED FROM THE DABISTAN BY

DAVID SHEA & ANTHONY TROYER

INTRODUCTION BY IDRIES SHAH

The Religion of the Sufis presents thatphilosophical classic, The Dabistan, writtenby a Sufi scholar based in India threehundred years ago. Constantly quotedthroughout the Middle East, and widely readever since, The Dabistan gives an excellentinsight into what Sufis of the time gave outas their teaching, and what scholars andothers thought of them. It well vindicatesits prefatory phrase: ‘containing what hasbeen reported by those who know what ismanifest, and see what is concealed; as wellas those who are attached to exterior forms,and by those who discern the inwardmeaning… without hatred, enmity andscorn, and without taking a part for the one,or against the other side of the question’.

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Selections From the KoranEDITED BY SIRDAR IKBAL ALI SHAH

In the light of today’s gathering interest inIslam, this selection of Koranic excerpts,compiled by Afghan scholar and mysticSirdar Ikbal Ali Shah, has never seemed sotimely or so relevant.

Ali Shah does not claim that the chosenverses represent the spirit of the Koran as awhole; rather, ‘they are confined to excerptswhich seemed to me to supply guidance onthe problems of modern life.’ In this thecollection succeeds admirably well withsections on such subjects as the treatment ofwomen, inheritance, and the ministry of Jesus.

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Jorge-Luis Borges:Sources and IlluminationPROF. GIOVANNA DE GARAYALDE

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The Dermis ProbeIDRIES SHAH

A serious, yet entertaining, look at theimpediments in current thought whichprevent certain forms of understandingbetween people. The title story was madeinto an award-winning film with script byIdries Shah, and chosen as an OutstandingFilm of the Year. The Dermis Probe comprisesa collection of extracts from the written andoral tradition of Eastern thinkers. In hispreface, Shah notes, ‘In this book you canfind illustrated some of the peculiarities ofthought in the country which is today’sworld, seen by its inhabitants and by thosewho call themselves visitors.’


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Critics and general readers have fordecades been excited, intrigued, baffled and entertained by the work of the greatArgentinian writer Jorge-Luis Borges. In his books and stories, ranging across thetraditions of the East and West, somethingelusive was constantly noted as appearingand vanishing: providing a sense of direction,only to disappear, as if some guiding principlewas nudging the reader towards a perennialarea of self-discovery. Professor de Garayalde,intrigued by correspondences betweenreferences in Borges’ work and currentprojections of ancient thought, produced thefirst report linking the ‘Sage of the West’with the thinkers of the Eastern tradition:about which Borges himself has said we mustacquire what we can.

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Oriental MagicIDRIES SHAH

Oriental Magic is recognized as a brilliantstudy of how, what and why people think,in territories extending from North Africato Japan. Profusely illustrated, the book isthe product of years of research and field-work in a dozen different cultural regions.Its scholarly accuracy and genuinecontribution to cultural understanding havemade it a key text for anyone interested ininformal beliefs, and esoteric practices. Thework includes material on Indian alchemy,the Arabian Abjad system, on divinationand talismanic charms, and it even containsan ancient Brahmin spell for immortality.

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ReflectionsIDRIES SHAH

The Magic MonasteryIDRIES SHAH

Small in size, but with a powerful punch,Idries Shah’s Reflections is a collection offables, aphorisms, and statements thatchallenge the conditioned mind. The bookconfronts the reader with unaccustomedperspectives and ideas, in an attempt to setthe mind free, to see how things really are.As the book’s foreword states, ‘Do youimagine that fables exist only to amuse orto instruct, and are based upon fiction?The best ones are delineations of whathappens in real life, in the community andin the individual’s mental processes’.

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Many of Idries Shah’s books are comprisedof tales and teaching stories taken from bothwritten and oral sources, which illustrate theinstructional methods employed by Easternwise men for thousands of years. The MagicMonastery differs from its predecessors inthat it contains not only traditional tales,mostly unpublished – but also stories speciallywritten by Shah to complete the book as a‘course in non-linear thinking’. As with allof his works, The Magic Monastery is rich inthought-provoking material, and can beread and enjoyed at many levels.

‘This instalment of Shah’s contribution toour adult education is, like his others,remarkable for its precise response to thereal and inner needs of our time.’

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HOOPOE BOOKSCHILDREN’S BOOKS BY IDRIES SHAH

The Boy Without a NameIDRIES SHAH

ILLUSTRATED BY MONA CARON

This award-winningseries of large-format,beautifully illustratedchildren’s books by theAfghan author IdriesShah, presents talesfrom a rich tradition of

story-telling. For more than a thousandyears all over Afghanistan, Central Asiaand the Middle East, children havebeen entertained and taught by thesestories, and have continued to tellthem in adult life.

The Farmer’s WifeIDRIES SHAH

ILLUSTRATED BY ROSE MARY SANTIAGO

Honors Winner 1998 National ParentingPublications AwardsYoungsters will soon catch on to thepattern of this rollicking cumulative tale of a woman’s efforts to retrieve an apple froma hole in the ground. They will enjoylearning the highly predictable lines byheart.


The Lion Who Saw Himself In the WaterIDRIES SHAH

ILLUSTRATED BY INGRID RODRIGUEZ

A good-natured lion is misunderstood bythe rest of the jungle animals because of hisloud, growling voice. He bends to drink ina pool and sees a fierce creature staringback at him. He is too frightened to drink.Just as the lion sees himself in the water,children can see themselves in him.

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The Magic HorseIDRIES SHAH

ILLUSTRATED BY JULIE FREEMAN

A tale in Arabian Nights tradition abouttwo brothers who choose different paths:one pursuing a mechanical fish that bringsprosperity, the other involving a wooden horse that, after many amazing adventures,takes its young rider to his heart’s desire.

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A boy seeks and eventually finds his ownname and is able to discard an old dreamfor a new and wonderful one.

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The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous AnimalIDRIES SHAH


When a boy visits another village, he isamazed to find the townspeople terrified ofsomething that, just because they have notseen it before, they mistake for a terrible,dangerous animal. With his ownknowledge and by demonstration, he helpsthem overcome their fears.


Neem the Half-BoyIDRIES SHAH

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Because she fails tofollow the preciseinstructions given to her by Arif the Wise Man, theQueen of Hich-Hichgives birth to a half-boy.That Neem is able tomake himself complete by an act of cleverness,negotiation and compromiseteaches children more than theexpected, usual lesson of bravery.

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The Old Woman and the EagleIDRIES SHAH

ILLUSTRATED BY NATASHA DELMAR

In this amusing story, an old womanencounters an eagle for the first time.Perplexed by its unfamiliar appearance, shedecides to change it to suit her own ideasof what a bird should look like.


The Silly ChickenIDRIES SHAH

ILLUSTRATED BY JEFF JACKSON

‘Set in the Middle East, Shah’s retelling ofa Sufi story sends a gentle message toreaders: just because someone says it’s so,does not make it so. With its simplelanguage and repeating phrases, this storybegs to be told; it is a classic case of ‘thesky is falling’ from an ancient culture, andit still has the ring of truth today.’

– School Library Journal


The Man With Bad MannersIDRIES SHAH


The first of these Afghan tales to be set inthe West, this story is about a badly behavedman and how a young boy initiates a planto change his behaviour and, with the helpof all the villagers, succeeds. It will bringlaughter to young children and at the sametime teach them valuable lessons about,conflict, resolution, initiative and co-operation.

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A Cat May Look at a KingRETOLD BY RAMSAY WOOD

Nine feline stories from around the world,sensitively illustrated to match each catand its tale.‘When Ramsay Wood retells a story, hemakes a proper job of it’

– The Times

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Battle for the MindWILLIAM SARGANT

How can an evangelist convert ahardboiled sophisticate? Why does aprisoner of war sign a confession‚ that heknows is false? How is a criminal pressuredinto admitting his guilt? Do the evangelist,the POW’s captor, and the policeman usesimilar methods to gain their ends? Theseand other compelling questions arediscussed in this definitive work byWilliam Sargant. The ground-breakingwork spells out and illustrates the basictechnique used by evangelists, psychiatrists,and brainwashers to disperse the patterns ofbelief and behaviour already established inthe minds of their hearers, and tosubstitute new patterns for them.

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In Search of King Solomon’s MinesTAHIR SHAH

King Solomon, the Bible’s wisest king, builta temple at Jerusalem heavily adorned withgold from Ophir. The location of thislegendary land has been one of history’sgreat unsolved mysteries. In this book,Tahir Shah takes up the quest, using as hisleads the earliest form of the Bible, as wellas geological, geographical and folkloricsources. The evidence points towardsEthiopia, the ancient kingdom in the hornof Africa whose imperial family claimsdescent from Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Tahir Shah’s account of hisjourney in search of the facts behind the fiction is every bit as exciting as Rider Haggard’s novel.

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The Mind FieldROBERT ORNSTEIN

For years, Americans have been seekingrational, analytical answers to despair andanxiety. But now, this rational Westernperception of consciousness has beenchallenged by an Eastern discipline whichbrings into sharp focus the travesty anddeception underlying many of thecontemporary awareness movements.

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Sorcerer’s ApprenticeTAHIR SHAH

As a child, Tahir Shah learned the firstsecrets of illusion from an Indian magician.Two decades later, he set out in search ofthis man. Sorcerer’s Apprentice is the storyof his apprenticeship to one of India’smaster conjurors and his initiation into thebrotherhood of godmen. Learning to unmaskillusion as well as practice it, he goes on ajourney across the subcontinent, seekingout its miraculous and bizarre underbelly,meeting sadhus, sages, sorcerers, hypnotists,and humbugs. His quest exposes a side ofIndia that most writers never imagine exists.

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AL-GHAZZALI, Abu HamidBORN IN THE year 1058 in easternPersia, Al-Ghazzali was a philosopherand Sufi mystic, author of numerousbooks, and a man of pothymathicability. He wrote on conditioning,indoctrination, and obsession, and histeachings had a significant influenceon both Islamic and Christian thinkersof Medieval times. The Alchemy ofHappiness is Al-Ghazzali’s ownabridgement of his masterwork, The Revival of Religious Sciences.

ALI SHAH, Sirdar IkbalSON OF THE Nawab of Sardhana, andgreat grandson of the Afghan statesmanJan Fishan Khan, Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shahis one of the most respected literaryfigures of the pre-War years. His dozensof books made accessible the ancienttraditions and cultures of Arabia andCentral Asia, in a very readable way.The Sirdar’s major works, such asAfghanistan of the Afghans, ControllingMinds of Asia and Escape From CentralAsia, are today regarded as classics.

BURTON, Sir Richard FrancisONE OF THE greatest British scholars,explorers and Orientalists of the 19thcentury, Burton’s written legacy is wide-ranging and polymathic. He translatednot only The Arabian Nights, but scoresof other treatises and documents; as wellas writing dozens of books, includingFirst Footsteps in East Africa, Pilgrimagesto El-Medinah and Mecca, and LakeRegions of Central Africa. In addition towriting, Burton was a diplomat, alinguist and an expert swordsman.

GARNETT, Lucy M. J.MS. GARNETT LIVED and travelled inTurkey during the first decade of the20th century. Her book, originallyentitled Mysticism and Magic in Turkey,was much emulated for decades,regarded as the central work on the subject.

GRANT, JohnFLUENT IN ARABIC, Persian and Hindi,Dr. Grant spent much of his life livingin, and writing about, traditionalcommunities in the Middle East andCentral Asia. His books include Throughthe Garden of Allah and Travels in theUnknown East.

HABIBULLAH, Amir SON OF A PENNILESS water-carrier,Bacha Saqao eventually became ‘AmirHabibullah’, King of Afghanistan; aposition he filled for one year beforebeing hanged.

HAFIZ, MuhammedBORN IN ABOUT 1325 in Shiraz, waspersecuted in his day, and fell out offavour with the Court. After his deaththe subtle genius of his work wasappreciated and, for centuries, Hafiz’sDiwan has been put in pride of place inthe homes of scholars, aesthetics andordinary men.

JAMI, NuruddinFIFTEENTH CENTURY AFGHAN poet andmystic, Jami spent his life in Herat,and was celebrated for his scholarshipin his own lifetime. Despite numerousoffers of patronage, he preferred thesimple life of a Sufi scholar.

KHALILI, KhalilullahPOET LAUREATE OF Afghanistan untilhis death in 1987, Khalili was celebratedfor his traditional style, and use ofclassical themes.

LESSING, DorisBORN IN PERSIA in 1919, Doris Lessingwas brought up in Rhodesia, beforemoving to Britain in 1949. Her initialnovel, The Grass is Singing, about aRhodesian farmer, his wife and theirAfrican servant, was the first of a vastbody of work, much of it concernedwith characters undergoing the politicaland social upheavals of the century.

MAIMONADES, ObadyahGRANDSON OF THE great JewishMedieval philosopher, MosesMaimonades, Obadyah was adistinguished philosopher in his ownright, and the author of an importantmanuscript entitled ‘Al-Maqala al-Hawdiyya’, The Treatise of the Pool.

MURRAY ABDULLAH, MoragHAILING FROM A respectable Scottishfamily, Morag Murray fell in love withSirdar Ikbal Ali Shah, the son of anAfghan warlord, in Edinburgh duringthe Great War. Leaving her familybehind her, she travelled eastward to the Hindu Kush, to the ancestralhomeland of her husband. MoragMurray’s books present a fascinatingand quite unique view of Central Asiabefore the last War.

ORNSTEIN, Prof. Robert E.PROFESSOR ORNSTEIN IS the author of many books on psychology and thehuman mind. He is the Chairman ofThe Institute for the Study of HumanKnowledge, and lives in northernCalifornia.

RUMI, JalaluddinBORN IN AFGHANISTAN in 1207 CE,Jalaluddin Rumi was without questionthe greatest Sufi mystic and poet in thePersian language. His was the author ofmore than 30,000 verses, the mostcelebrated of which is his Masnavi. Rumimoved to Konya, in modern Turkey,where he is remembered for establishingthe practice of ‘Whirling Dervishes’.

SAADI of ShirazSAADI WAS BORN during the first quarterof the 13th century, and becameregarded as one of the foremost scholarsin Persian classical literature. He travelled west as far as NorthAfrica, where he was held as a captiveof the Franks, before returning to hisnative Shiraz as an elderly man. Saadi’stwo most important texts areundoubtedly The Gulistan, ‘RoseGarden’ and The Bostan, ‘TheOrchard’.

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SANAI, HakimSANAI, WHO LIVED during the 11th and12th centuries, is reckoned to be theearliest Afghan teacher to use thelove-motif in Sufism. Jalaluddin Rumiacknowledged him as one of hisinspirations. Sanai is known for severalastonishing works, including TheWalled Garden of Truth.

SHABISTARI, MahmudA CONTEMPORARY OF Saadi of Shiraz,Shabistari is the author of the celebratedmystical text, The Secret Garden.Although very little is known of his life,it is clear that his work was influencedby the spiritual upheaval of the Mongolinvasion of Iran, which took place halfway through the 13th century.

SHAH,AminaAMINA SHAH IS widely regarded as oneof the greatest collectors and tellers oftraditional folktales of the twentiethcentury. Formerly Chairperson of theBritish College of Storytellers, she isthe author of several importantcollections of stories, including TalesFrom the Bazaars, Arabian Fairytalesand Tales From Afghanistan.

SHAH, IdriesIDRIES SHAH WAS born in 1924 into therespected Afghan family, the Sadaat ofPaghman. Among his manyaccomplishments, he is credited withmaking a wide body of scholarship onEastern traditional teachings availablein the Western world. Shah’s thirtybooks, translated into more than 15languages, which sell in their millions,are considered to be some of the mostimportant literature to be publishedduring the twentieth century. Oneextraordinary aspect of Shah’s work isthe wide spectrum of readers his booksattract: they are read and studied bypsychologists and novelists, physicistsand by social workers, by actors, lawyersand housewives.

SHAH,TahirAUTHOR AND EDITOR of ten books oftravel and cultural studies, Tahir Shahis known for his unique and sometimesoutlandish journeys. His books includeBeyond the Devil’s Teeth, and TheMiddle East Bedside Book. In additionto writing, Tahir Shah has won praisefor his television documentaries he hasmade on Africa and Latin America.

SHAH WALIULLAH of DelhiA GREAT RELIGIOUS teacher of the 17th century, Shah Waliullah of Delhidistinguished himself as a major thinkerfrom the age of fifteen. He returned tothe essentials of Sufi experience in orderto show that essentially Sufism is onediscipline. Shah Waliullah is consideredto be the bridge between the medievaland the modern in Islamic thought.

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Afghan Caravan; Shah

HARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 54 3

PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 59 4 HBK £16.50; PBK £8.95

Afghanistan of the Afghans; Ali ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 99 5HBK £15.50

Alchemy of Happiness, The; Al-GhazzaliHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 81 0HBK £11.95

Al-Muqaddasi: The Revelation of the Secrets of the Birds and Flowers;

Al-MuqaddasiHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 75 8HBK £17.50

Alone in Arabian Nights; Ali ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 63 2HBK £14.50

Arabian Fairy Tales; ShahPAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 48 9PBK £8.95

Assemblies of Al-Hariri, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 86 3HBK £16.50

Battle for the Mind; SargantPAPERBACK ISBN 1 883536 06 5 PBK £11.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Beyond the Devil’s Teeth; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 29 2HBK £18.50

Book of Ecstasy, The; ArifiHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 74 XHBK £9.95

Book of the Book, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 12 XHBK £15.50

Borges: Sources and Illumination;de GarayaldeHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 61 8HBK £11.95

Bostan of Saadi, The; SaadiHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 34 9HBK £15.95

Boy Without a Name, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 1 883536 20 0HBK £11.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Caravan of Dreams; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 14 6PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 43 8HBK £15.50PBK £8.95

Cat May Look at a King, A; WoodHARDBACK ISBN 0 856921 02 5HBK £8.50THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Clever Boy and the Terrible, DangerousAnimal, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 1 883536 18 9 PAPERBACK ISBN 1 883536 51 0 HBK £11.99PBK £5.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Commanding Self, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 66 7 PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 70 5 HBK £15.95PBK £8.95

Darkest England; ShahPAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 75 6 PBK £9.95

Dermis Probe, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 83 9 PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 45 4 HBK £14.50 PBK £8.95

Dervishes of Turkey, The; GarnettHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 52 7HBK £16.50

Elephant in the Dark, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 36 7HBK £10.95

Englishman’s Handbook, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 77 2HBK £16.95

Escape From Central Asia; Ali ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 78 2HBK £13.65

Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 22 5HBK £12.95

Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin, The; ANDSubtleties of the Inimitable MullaNasrudin, The; Shah(Two volumes in one)PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 40 3PBK £9.95

Farmer’s Wife, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 1 883536 07 3PAPERBACK ISBN 1 883536 49 9 £5.99HBK £11.99PBK £5.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

First Among Sufis; SakkakiniHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 45 6HBK £11.50

Fool of God: The Mystical Verse of BabaTahir, A; Baba TahirHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 70 7HBK £10.95

Four Sufi Classics; Jami, Al-Ghazzali & SanaiHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 69 3HBK £16.50

Glossary of Sufi Technical Terms, A;Al-QashaniHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 32 2HBK £25.50

Golden Caravan, The; Ali ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 26 8HBK £13.50

Gulistan of Saadi, The; SaadiPAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 69 1PBK £9.95

Hundred Tales of Wisdom, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 60 XPAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 49 7HBK £12.95 PBK £8.95

In Search of King Solomon's Mines; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 791563 24 0 HBK £7.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Jami: Yusuf and Zulaikha; JamiHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 77 4HBK £15.50

Journey of the Soul, The; Ibn TufailHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 90 1HBK £12.95

Kasidah, The; BurtonHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 61 6HBK £14.50

Knowing How to Know; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 72 1PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 76 4HBK £16.50 PBK £9.50

Learning How to Learn; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 59 6HBK £15.95

Life and Work of Jalaluddin Rumi, The;IqbalHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 33 0HBK £24.50

Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water,The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 1 883536 12 XPAPERBACK ISBN 1 883536 25 1 HBK £11.99 PBK £5.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Magic Horse, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 1 883536 11 1PAPERBACK ISBN 1 883536 26 X HBK £11.99 PBK £5.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Magic Monastery, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 89 8PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 58 6HBK £14.95 PBK £8.95

Man With Bad Manners, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 1 883536 30 8HBK £11.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Memoirs of a Survivor, The; LessingHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 30 8HBK £14.95

Middle East Bedside Book, The; ed. ShahPAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 60 8PBK £8.95

Mind Field, The; OrnsteinPAPERBACK ISBN 1883536 00 6 PBK £7.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

My Khyber Marriage; AbdullahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 55 1

HBK £14.95

My Life – From Brigand to King;HabibullahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 47 0

HBK £15.50

Natives Are Restless, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 44 6HBK £14.95

Nature of Religious Man, The; ed. FryHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 67 7HBK £14.50 FROM I.C.R. ONLY

Neem the Half Boy; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 1 883536 10 3 HBK £11.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Neglected Aspects of Sufi Study; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 78 0HBK £10.95

Old Woman and the Eagle, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 1 883536 27 8 PAPERBACK ISBN 1 883536 28 6 HBK £11.99PBK £5.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Oriental Magic; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 17 9HBK £25.50

Oriental Mysticism; PalmerHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 34 0HBK £10.95

Perfumed Scorpion, A; ShahPAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 80 2PBK £9.50

Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 23 3HBK £12.95

Quatrains of Khalilullah Khalili; KhaliliHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 42 XHBK £13.95

Reflections; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 07 3HBK £10.50

Religion of the Sufis, The;HARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 68 5HBK £11.95

Sacred Knowledge, The; Shah WaliullahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 93 6HBK £13.95

Secret Garden, The; ShabistariHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 19 5HBK £10.95

Seeker After Truth; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 62 4PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 12 8HBK £15.95 PBK £8.95

Selections From the Koran; ed. Ali ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 85 5HBK £10.95

Silly Chicken, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 1 883536 19 7 PAPERBACK ISBN 1 883536 50 2 HBK £11.99PBK £5.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Sorcerer’s Apprentice; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 297819 39 9PAPERBACK ISBN 0 753807 28 9HBK £13.99PBK £7.99THIS TITLE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESALE

Special Illumination; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 57 XHBK £10.50

Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 21 7HBK £12.95

Sufi Thought and Action; ed. ShahPAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 51 9PBK £10.50

Sufis, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 20 9PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 74 8HBK £19.95 PBK £11.50

Tale of The Four Dervishes, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 44 8HBK £12.95

Tales of Afghanistan; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 94 4HBK £11.95

Tales From the Bazaars; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 84 5HBK £14.95

Tales of the Dervishes; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 47 2HBK £15.50

Teachings of Rumi: The Masnavi; RumiPAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 67 5PBK £9.95

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Thinkers of the East; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 82 9PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 79 9HBK £14.50 PBK £8.95

Travels in the Unknown East; GrantHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 71 3HBK £16.00

Treatise of the Pool, The; MaimonidesHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 87 1HBK £16.95

Valley of the Giant Buddhas; AbdullahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 65 9HBK £16.50

Veiled Gazelle, A; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 58 8HBK £10.50

Walled Garden of Truth, The; SanaiHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 35 9HBK £11.50

Way of the Sufi, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 80 4PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 83 7HBK £16.95 PBK £9.95

Wisdom of the Idiots; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 900860 10 3PAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 46 2HBK £14.95PBK £8.95

World of Nasrudin, The; ShahHARDBACK ISBN 0 863040 86 1HBK £14.95

World of the Sufi, The; ed. ShahPAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 85 3PBK £9.95

World Tales; ShahPAPERBACK ISBN 0 863040 36 5PBK £14.50

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