Achmed Abdullah
Writer (1881-1945) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 64
Achmed Abdullah was an American writer apparently from Afghanistan. He gave his full name variously as "Achmed Abdullah Nadir Khan el-Durani el-Iddrissyeh" or as "Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff". He is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure novels.
Achmed Abdullah is read about 19 times a day, in 4 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 17 June 2026
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Douglas Fairbanks Produced The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Henry Hathaway Directed The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Raoul Walsh Directed The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Merian C. Cooper Directed Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
Ernest B. Schoedsack Directed Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
Noble Johnson Achmed wrote The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Rockliffe Fellowes Also in Pagan Love and The Remittance Woman
Hugo Ballin Directed Pagan Love (1920)
Louis D. Lighton Produced The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
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He wrote screenplays for some successful films. He was the author of the progressive Siamese drama Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness, an Academy Award-nominated film made in 1927. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.
