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  <name><![CDATA[Idries Shah]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Idries Shah was born in Simla, India, to an Afghan-Indian father, Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah, and a Scottish mother Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah.    
Shah mainly grew up in London.  His family moved from London to Oxford in 1940 to escape German bombing.   Shah attended City of Oxford High School.  His early writings centred on magic and witchcraft.  In 1960 he set up his own publishing house, Octagon Press.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idries_Shah ]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Simla</hometown>  <born_at>06/16/1924</born_at>  <died_at>11/23/1996</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Sufis]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Idries Shah]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.14</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>79</ratings_count>
  <published>1964</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Tales of the Dervishes]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Idries Shah]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.17</average_rating>
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  <published>1967</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mullah Nasrudin]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Idries Shah]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.29</average_rating>
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  <published>1968</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin / The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Idries Shah]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
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  <published>1966</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Wisdom of the Idiots]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Idries Shah]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.21</average_rating>
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  <published>1991</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Idries Shah]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.28</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>25</ratings_count>
  <published>1978</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Caravan of Dreams]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Idries Shah]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.27</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>15</ratings_count>
  <published>1972</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Magic Monastery]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Idries Shah]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>13</ratings_count>
  <published>1972</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Idries Shah]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.67</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>12</ratings_count>
  <published>1973</published>  
  
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        <book id="744981">
  <title><![CDATA[Thinkers of the East]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Idries Shah]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>12</ratings_count>
  <published>1971</published>  
  
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