Amina Shah

For the Scottish librarian, see Amina Shah (librarian).
Amina Shah
Born31 October 1918 (1918-10-31)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died19 January 2014 (2014-01-20) (aged 95)[1]
Golders Green, London, England
OccupationAuthor, poet, storyteller
NationalityAfghan, British
SubjectStorytelling, travel, exploration, Arab World, cross-cultural studies
RelativesShah family

Amina Maxwell-Hudson (born Amina Shah; 31 October 1918 – 19 January 2014)[1] was a British anthologiser of Sufi stories and folk tales,[2] and was for many years the Chairperson of the College of Storytellers. She was the sister of the Sufi writers Idries Shah and Omar Ali-Shah, and the daughter of Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah[2] and Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah, a Scottish woman. Her nephew is the travel writer and documentary filmmaker Tahir Shah; her nieces are Safia Shah and the writer and documentary filmmaker Saira Shah.

  1. ^ a b Staff (19 January 2014). "Death Certificate of Amina Maxwell-Hudson (nee Shah)" (PDF). General Register Office for England and Wales. The Idries Shah Foundation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b Smoley, Richard; Kinney, Jay (2004). Hidden Wisdom. Wheaton, IL/Chennai, India: Quest Books. p. 244. ISBN 0-8356-0844-1.