1924 - 1996
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 Indian author and thinker, and a 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 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 364,347 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Idries Shah is the 2,067th most popular writer (up from 2,197th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from India (up from 216th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, Idries Shah ranks 2,067 out of 5,794. Before him are Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, John Fletcher, Bella Akhmadulina, Parthenius of Nicaea, Pjetër Bogdani, and Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. After him are Clark Ashton Smith, Uri Orlev, Philippe Sollers, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Joseph Joffo, and Albert Gleizes.
1621 - 1698
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 2,061
1579 - 1625
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 2,062
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 2,063
1 BC - 14
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 2,064
1630 - 1689
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 2,065
1833 - 1891
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 2,066
1924 - 1996
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 2,067
1893 - 1961
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 2,068
1931 - Present
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 2,069
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 2,070
1633 - 1714
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 2,071
1931 - 2018
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 2,072
1881 - 1953
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 2,073
Among people born in 1924, Idries Shah ranks 129. Before him are Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Daniel Inouye, Raymond Barre, Yuri Bondarev, Alexander Haig, and Yehuda Amichai. After him are Allan Edwall, Vasil Bykaŭ, Karlheinz Deschner, Zbigniew Herbert, Fess Parker, and Dinah Washington. Among people deceased in 1996, Idries Shah ranks 92. Before him are Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Lo Wei, Karl Rappan, Ben Johnson, Jack Churchill, and Jo Van Fleet. After him are Shams Pahlavi, Hans Blumenberg, Annabella, Dan Flavin, Leo Joseph Suenens, and Amos Tversky.
1924 - 2012
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 123
1924 - 2012
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 124
1924 - 2007
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 125
1924 - Present
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 126
1924 - 2010
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 127
1924 - 2000
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 128
1924 - 1996
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 129
1924 - 1997
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 130
1924 - 2003
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 131
1924 - 2014
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 132
1924 - 1998
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 133
1924 - 2010
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 134
1924 - 1963
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 135
1910 - 1996
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 86
1918 - 1996
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 87
1905 - 1996
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 88
1918 - 1996
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 89
1906 - 1996
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 90
1915 - 1996
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 91
1924 - 1996
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 92
1917 - 1996
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 93
1920 - 1996
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 94
1907 - 1996
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 95
1933 - 1996
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 96
1904 - 1996
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 97
1937 - 1996
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 98
Among people born in India, Idries Shah ranks 205 out of 1,227. Before him are Hema Malini (1948), Shilpa Shetty (1975), Nizamuddin Auliya (1238), Kittur Chennamma (1778), Homi J. Bhabha (1909), and Baji Rao I (1700). After him are Jamsetji Tata (1839), Salim Ali (1896), Motilal Nehru (1861), Thiruvalluvar (350), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), and Narayana Guru (1855).
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 199
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 200
1238 - 1325
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 201
1778 - 1829
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 202
1909 - 1966
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 203
1700 - 1740
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 204
1924 - 1996
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 205
1839 - 1904
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 206
1896 - 1987
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 207
1861 - 1931
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 208
350 - 351
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 209
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 210
1855 - 1928
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 211
Among writers born in India, Idries Shah ranks 36. Before him are Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), Bharata Muni (-1000), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942), Mahadevi Varma (1907), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), and Subramania Bharati (1882). After him are Jim Corbett (1875), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876), Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), M. Karunanidhi (1924), and Kuvempu (1904).
1642 - 1720
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 30
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 31
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 32
1907 - 1987
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 33
1908 - 1994
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 34
1882 - 1921
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 35
1924 - 1996
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 36
1875 - 1955
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 37
1723 - 1810
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 38
1876 - 1938
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 39
1638 - 1702
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 40
1924 - 2018
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 41
1904 - 1994
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 42