Category: Glimpses

Hidayat Inayat-Khan now offers several memories of his Father and the impression of majesty he conveyed. The previous Glimpse is here. Murshid’s Majestic Personality Murshid was like a Father to Continue Reading →

Amongst his recollections of his childhood, Hidayat Inayat-Khan included this deeply felt tribute to his mother, Ameena Begum. The previous post in the series is here. Aubade … and lo!, Continue Reading →

Text taken from Hidayat Inayat-Khan’s ‘Early Days stories about my Beloved Father and Mother.’ The introduction to the series is here. Murshid’s Children Each time that one of us children Continue Reading →

Close to forty years ago Pir-o-Murshid Hidayat Inayat-Khan wrote a very touching memoir recounting some aspects of his remarkable, magical family, entitled “Once Upon a Tine – Early Days Stories Continue Reading →

In 1969, Musharaff Moulamia Khan, the youngest brother of Hazrat Inayat Khan and then Pir-o-Murshid of the Sufi Movement, made a pilgrimage to India. At the conclusion of his stay Continue Reading →

Salima van Braam was a mureed of Hazrat Inayat Khan, meeting him in 1922 in Arnhem, which was one of the first centers of Sufism in The Netherlands. After his Continue Reading →

Here is another memoir of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan from the collection “Once Upon a Time” by Murshid Hidayat Inayat Khan. Murshid was like a Father to some of his Continue Reading →

The following memoir is taken from “Once Upon a Time…” by Murshid Hidayat Inayat Khan. Later, in 1925, Murshid went to Paris alone, several times, without telling us children where Continue Reading →

During the Summer School of 1926, in the course of a lecture about mysticism, Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan spoke about people seeking answers to their questions, and illustrated his thought with Continue Reading →

On the 10th of September, 1926, Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan met with a small group of chosen students in what he called a ‘Collective Interview.’ It was the last such meeting Continue Reading →