 First edition (US) | |
| Author | Idries Shah |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1964 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Paperback & eBook). Audiobook |
| OCLC | 222708997 |
| Preceded by | Destination Mecca |
| Followed by | The Way of the Sufi |
The Sufis is one of the best known books on Sufism by the writer Idries Shah. First published in 1964 with an introduction by Robert Graves, it introduced Sufi ideas to the West in a format acceptable to non-specialists at a time when the study of Sufism had largely become the reserve of Orientalists.
Shortly before he died, Shah stated that his books form a complete course that could fulfil the function he had fulfilled while alive. As such, The Sufis can be read as part of a whole course of study.[1]
- ^ Shah, Tahir (2008). In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams. New York, NY: Bantam. pp. 215–216. ISBN 978-0-553-80523-9.