Category: Glimpses

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 →

The following recollection of Musharaff Moulamia Khan (1895 – 1967) was dictated by his older brother Hazrat Inayat Khan. The two were in Calcutta in 1910 when the news came Continue Reading →

When Murshid was travelling in America, a child saw him and said to his mother, “Ma,” pointing to the Murshid, “God.” The mother said, “No, priest.” The child answered, “Will Continue Reading →

When Hazrat Inayat Khan and his brothers came to the West, it was natural that they should present themselves as musicians, although their music was of a kind unknown to Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan’s first months in the West began with lectures in New York, followed by a journey across America that finally took him to San Francisco. In April of Continue Reading →