Ian Dallas

Ian Dallas

After a brief career in acting, Ian Dallas, a native-born Scotsman, later reverted to Islam and joined the Shadhili-Darqawi Order of Sufis in Morocco. Upon the death of his Shaykh, Shaykh Muhammad Ibn al-Habib, Dallas became the Shaykh of the Order under the name Shaykh Abdulqadir as-Sufi, the name he was given by his Shaykh. He is still active today (2004) as the leader of the worldwide Murabitun movement of Sufis. He wrote a fictionalized account of his journey into Sufism in a novel, "The Book of Strangers." It is also said that, while living in London in the 1960s, he was friends with Eric Clapton, and gave Clapton a copy of the ancient Persian Sufi parable "Layla and Majnun," which later became the basis for Clapton's song "Layla" about his own ill-fated romance.

  • Popolarità : 0.675
  • Conosciuto per : Acting
  • Compleanno : 1930-10-30
  • Luogo di nascita : Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Ian Dallas Film

  • 1963
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    8.1 1963 HD

    In crisi esistenziale e creativa, alle prese con un film da fare, un regista fa una sorta di mobilitazione generale di emozioni, affetti, ricordi,...

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  • 1966
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    Familiar Spirits

    Familiar Spirits

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  • 1963
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    The Madhouse on Castle Street

    The Madhouse on Castle Street

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