Omar Ali-Shah
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Omar Ali-Shah was a prominent exponent of modern sufism. He wrote a large number of books on the subject, and was head of a large number of sufi groups, particularly in Latin America, Europe and Canada.
He also published, with Robert Graves, a controversial translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
He was the brother of Idries Shah, another writer and teacher of Sufism. Omar Ali-Shah - also called "Agha" - died on September 7th, 2005 in a hospital in Jerez, Spain.
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- Omar Ali Shah (1998). The Rules or Secrets of the Naqshbandi Order. Tractus Books. ISBN 2-909347-09-5.
