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Idries Shah

1924 - 1996

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Idries Shah (; Hindi: इदरीस शाह, Pashto: ادريس شاه, Urdu: ادریس شاه; 16 June 1924 – 23 November 1996), also known as Idris 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Idries Shah has received more than 469,102 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Idries Shah is the 2,153rd most popular writer (down from 2,066th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from India (down from 205th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 54.58

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Idries Shah ranks 2,153 out of 5,755. Before him are Bâkî, Saigyō, Albert Gleizes, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Kristijonas Donelaitis, and Princess Michael of Kent. After him are Saki, Marcel Achard, Paul Féval, père, Charles de Brosses, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, and Lucilius Junior.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Idries Shah ranks 135. Before him are Cicely Tyson, Edward Cassidy, Alexander Haig, Zbigniew Herbert, József Zakariás, and Sabine Weiss. After him are Alain Bombard, Fess Parker, Raymond Barre, Kim Song-ae, Karlheinz Deschner, and George Mikan. Among people deceased in 1996, Idries Shah ranks 98. Before him are Dan Flavin, David Packard, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Christopher Robin Milne, Gerry Mulligan, and Hyman Minsky. After him are Leo Joseph Suenens, Haing S. Ngor, Karl Rappan, Ai Qing, Cao Yu, and Jerry Siegel.

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In India

Among people born in India, Idries Shah ranks 257 out of 1,493. Before him are K. Kamaraj (1903), Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), Velu Nachiyar (1730), Jaggi Vasudev (1957), Shakuntala Devi (1929), and Sanghamitta (-281). After him are Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), Farrukhsiyar (1685), Bahubali (null), Akbar II (1760), Tatya Tope (1814), and Zeb-un-Nissa (1638).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Idries Shah ranks 43. Before him are Surdas (1478), D. R. Bendre (1896), Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), Jaggi Vasudev (1957), and Shakuntala Devi (1929). After him are Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Bhavabhuti (null), Jim Corbett (1875), T. H. White (1906), and M. Karunanidhi (1924).

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