# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/idries-shah
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:52:38.676Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/idries-shah"
name: "Idries Shah"
slug: "idries-shah"
description: "Idries Shah, also known as Idris Shah, Indries Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi 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."
tagline: "Afghan Sufi teacher (1924-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Idries_Shah.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-06-16"
deathDate: "1996-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5377889413164791
  historical:           22.49565733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1802848"
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    url:       "http://www.idriesshahfoundation.org/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump