Ian Dallas
Known for Acting · 3 credits
- Born
- 1930-10-30
- Died
- 2021-08-01
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Abdalqadir as-Sufi
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.
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Movies (3)
About 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 livi… With 3 credits spanning from 1963 to 1966, Ian Dallas has appeared in 3 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ian Dallas Movies
- 8½ (1963) — as Maurice, Maya's Assistant
- The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) — as Reverend Spooner
- Familiar Spirits (1966) — as Self
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