{"name": "Idries Shah", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Idries Shah (Hindi: \u0907\u0926\u0930\u0940\u0938 \u0936\u093e\u0939, Pashto: \u0627\u062f\u0631\u064a\u0633 \u0634\u0627\u0647, Urdu: \u0627\u062f\u0631\u06cc\u0633 \u0634\u0627\u0647; 16 June 1924 \u2013 23 November 1996), also known as Idris Shah, n\u00e9 Sayed Idries el-Hashimi (Arabic: \u0633\u064a\u062f \u0625\u062f\u0631\u064a\u0633 \u0647\u0627\u0634\u0645\u064a) 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."}, "personal_name": "Idries Shah", "death_date": "1996", "alternate_names": ["Sayed Idries el-Hashimi; Shah, Idries; Indries Shah; Idris Shah; \u0418\u0434\u0440\u0438\u0441 \u0428\u0430\u0445"], "birth_date": "1924", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "remote_ids": {"viaf": "19684387", "wikidata": "Q505466", "isni": "0000000116037260", "goodreads": "32851", "imdb": "nm1802848", "lc_naf": "n80039743", "librarything": "shahidries", "amazon": "B000APG9O6"}, "photos": [14602037, 14602035], "key": "/authors/OL4326853A", "latest_revision": 13, "revision": 13, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-08-30T18:17:01.241316"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-08-01T02:57:21.965181"}}