Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah | |
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| Born | Bessie Louise MacKenzie[non-primary source needed] 14 October 1892[non-primary source needed] Colmonell, Ayrshire[non-primary source needed] |
| Died | 15 August 1960 (aged 67–68) |
| Other names | Morag Murray Abdullah |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, traveller |
| Spouse | Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah |
| Children | Amina Shah, Omar Ali Shah, Idries Shah, Osman I.H. Shah[citation needed] |
| Parent(s) | Charles Mackenzie; Bessie Margaret Bloxham[non-primary source needed] |
Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah[1][2] (née Bessie Louise MacKenzie;[non-primary source needed] 14 October 1892[non-primary source needed] – 15 August 1960) was a Scottish writer who wrote under the pen name Morag Murray Abdullah. She met the Pashtun author, poet, diplomat, scholar, and savant Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah and wrote a fictional account of her marriage and travels in the North-West Frontier Province of British India and the mountains of Afghanistan.[3][4]
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- ^ Description of My Khyber Marriage, Octagon Press Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
- ^ Description of Valley of the Giant Buddhas, Octagon Press Archived 28 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-11-14.