in Arabian Nights (1933), and set up fiction-writing workshops to disseminate Eastern stories and tales in books like Fifty Enthralling Stories of the Mysterious East (1937). He wrote biographies of major leaders in the Islamic World, such as Kemal: Maker of Modern Turkey (1934) and Controlling Minds of Asia (1937), as well as anthropological, historical and political works like Afghanistan of the Afghans (1928), Pakistan: A Plan for India (1944) and Vietnam (1960). Many of his works were anthologies of literature from the East, such as The Book of Oriental Literature (1937) and Oriental Caravan (1933), while other works sought to elucidate Eastern religious and mystical traditions, with an emphasis on Sufism, as in Spirit of the East (1939), Lights of Asia (1937), and Islamic Sufism (1933). He also authored books specifically on Islam, like Mohammed: The Prophet (1932) and Selections from the Koran (1933). Octagon Press published compilations of his tales and adventures in the books Escape From Central Asia (1980) and The Golden Caravan (1983). The latter two books also include selections from the Sirdar's writings which had previously been published under the names Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah, Rustam Khan-Urf, Bahloal Dana and Ibn Amjed. Altogether, Ikbal Ali Shah was author of more than fifty books, including: Eastern Moonbeams (1918) Briton in India (1918) Afghanistan of the Afghans (1927) Westward to Mecca (1928) Eastward to Persia (1930) The Golden East (1931) Arabia (1931) Turkey (with Julius R. van Millingen, 1932) Mohamed: The Prophet (1932) Selections from the Koran (1933) Islamic Sufism (1933) Alone in Arabian Nights (1933) Oriental Caravan (1933) The Golden Pilgrimage (1933) The Tragedy of Amanullah (1933) The Prince Aga Khan (1933) Kemal: Maker of Modern Turkey (1934) Lights of Asia (1934) Afridi Gold (1934) Fuad: King of Egypt (1936) Coronation Book of Oriental Literature (1937) The Controlling Minds of Asia (1937) Modern Afghanistan (1938) Nepal: Home of the Gods (1938) Golden Treasury of Indian Literature (1938) Spirit of the East (1939) Pakistan: A Plan for India (1944) Occultism: Its theory and practice (1952) Viet Nam (1960) Escape from Central Asia (1980) The Golden Caravan (1983) According to his grandson Tahir Shah, the Sirdar also published Through the Garden of Allah (1938) under the pseudonym of John Grant. A revised edition entitled Travels in the Unknown East was published by Octagon Press in 1992. Sufism According to his long-time friend L. F. Rushbrook Williams, Ikbal Ali Shah