Category: Glimpses

The following anecdote, reported by Kismet Stam, one of the Master’s secretaries, seems to be connected with one of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s journeys across the United States. Someone told about Continue Reading →

From his presence, his appearance and his manner, Hazrat Inayat Khan often left people in some confusion, as this anecdote recounted by the Master’s mureed and secretary Kismet Stam reveals. Continue Reading →

It was often seen that the presence of Hazrat Inayat Khan had a way of opening doors, minds and hearts that seemed irrevocably closed. The following anecdote of an exchange Continue Reading →

In this brief recollection from Sirkar van Stolk, who was a mureed and a secretary for Hazrat Inayat Khan, he describes how he learned to overcome his own resistance to Continue Reading →

As a secretary and frequent travelling companion to Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sirkar van Stolk gained precious insights into the Master, which he passed on in his memoir, “Memories of a Continue Reading →

As one of the secretaries of Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sirkar van Stolk was privileged to see certain aspects of the Master that others might not have observed, as this anecdote Continue Reading →

Sirkar van Stolk had the privilege of serving as a secretary to Hazrat Inayat Khan, and the following anecdote gives a glimpse of what such a position might imply. In Continue Reading →

The following account of one seeker’s first meeting with Hazrat Inayat Khan is taken from ‘Memories of a Sufi Sage’ by Sirkar van Stolk. Sirkar subsequently became one of the Continue Reading →

Among the many students drawn to Hazrat Inayat Khan was a Dutch woman whom we know now as Murshida Fazal Mai Egeling. After a time in the Theosophical Society, she Continue Reading →

Being very talented and with a magnetic personality, it is not surprising that Hazrat Inayat Khan made many acquaintances when he came to the West. Among these was the Dutch Continue Reading →