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Book by Idries Shah

The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mullah Nasrudin is a book by the writer Idries Shah,^[1][2] based on lectures he delivered at the University of Geneva as Visiting Professor in 1972–73.^[3] The book is a collection of tales, none more than two pages and almost all less than a page long,^[4] about the folkloric character Mulla Nasrudin. Published by Octagon Press in 1968, it was re-released in paperback, ebook and audiobook editions by The Idries Shah Foundation in 2015.

Content

Part of a series of books, The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin is a collection of teaching stories, anecdotes and jokes drawn from Middle Eastern folklore and the Sufimystical tradition, which feature the populistMiddle Eastern philosopher and wise fool, MullaNasrudin.^[5]

Thousands of stories have been written around this popular folk character over the c Idries shah books free download!