Ian Dallas
Age: N/A | From: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Person Details
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Aliases: Abdalqadir as-Sufi
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Movie Involvements: 3
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
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(1963) Maurice, Maya's Assistant
The Madhouse on Castle Street
(1963) Reverend Spooner
Familiar Spirits
(1966) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Self | |
| 1963 | Maurice, Maya's Assistant | |
| Reverend Spooner | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
