in Russia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and China and spoke many languages and dialects. He claimed he was made a British citizen by an Act of Parliament and convicted by the Germans during the First World War for being a spy. United States Sometime before 1912 he emigrated to the United States and eventually became a writer and playwright, and later on, a Hollywood screenwriter. Abdullah's work appeared in several US magazines, including Argosy, All-Story Magazine, Munsey's Magazine and Blue Book. Abdullah's short story collection Wings contains several fantasy stories, which critic Mike Ashley describes as containing "some of his most effective writing". He got a doctorate from the College of El-Azar, Cairo in Koranic Studies. He translated some Afghan poems, including a poem by the wife of Mohammad Afzal Khan and chaharbeiti lyrics. Achmed Abdullah married at least three times: to Irene Bainbridge, Jean Wick, and Rosemary A. Dolan. He was the father of two daughters with Irene Bainbridge: Phyllis Abdullah (who died in childhood) and Pamelia Susan Abdullah Brower. In January 1945, he was admitted to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and a few months later, on May 12, his birthday, he died of a heart attack. Bibliography The Red Stain (New York, Hearst's International Library Co., 1915) Bucking the Tiger (New York, Robert J. Shores, 1917) The Blue-Eyed Manchu (New York, Robert J. Shores, 1917) The Trail of the Beast (New York, James A. McCann, 1919) The Honourable Gentleman and Others (New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919) The Man on Horseback (New York, James A. McCann, 1919) Wings, Tales of the Psychic (New York, James A. McCann, 1920) The Ten Foot Chain; or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? (New York, Reynolds, 1920) with Max Brand, E. K. Means, and P. P. Sheehan The Mating of the Blades (New York, James A. McCann, 1920) Night Drums (New York, James A. McCann, 1921) Alien Souls (New York, James A. McCann, 1922) The Remittance-Woman (Garden City, N.Y., Garden City Pub. Co., 1924) The Thief of Bagdad (New York, A. L. Burt, 1924) Shackled (New York, Brentano's, 1924) The Swinging Caravan (New York, Brentano's, 1925) The Year of the Wood-Dragon (New York, Brentano's, 1926) A Wild Goose of Limerick (New York, Brentano's, 1926) Ruth's Rebellion (New York, George H. Doran, 1927) Steel and Jade (New York, George H. Doran, 1927) Lute and Scimitar, Being Poems and Ballads of Central Asia,