Journeys with a Sufi Master

About this book

Bashir Dervish describes his ordinary life: married three children in good schools relatively well known in his field a promising career in the civil service. Then the death of his father-in-law left Dervish with an unexpected inheritance and the request that he dedicate himself to the "holy search for Truth." Partly out of curiosity about his father-in-law Dervish took up the challenge. He first assessed the "visible" spiritual groups found nothing he could take seriously and turned to an elder statesman for advice. He was eventually sent to Idries Shah and on a remarkable journey through India Greece Yemen and the Gulf. Dervishs riveting account gives us unparalleled insights into who the Sufis really are what they say and do and their effect on the modern world.