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The Idries Shah Foundation (ISF) is an independent educational and cultural charity,〔 set up by the family〔 of the late thinker, writer, and teacher in the Sufi mystical tradition, Idries Shah, who wrote over three dozen books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.〔 Article has moved and is now incorrectly dated 18 September 2011.〕 Based in London, England, the charity is primarily for the study, dissemination of knowledge, and promotion of Sufi arts, literature, culture and heritage, with special focus on the published works of Idries Shah.〔 Printed books, ebooks and audiobooks are being made available by the foundation's publishing arm, ISF Publishing. ==Description== The Idries Shah Foundation is an independent educational and cultural charity,〔 set up by the family〔 of the late thinker, writer, and teacher in the Sufi mystical tradition, Idries Shah, who wrote over three dozen books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.〔〔〔 Based in London, England, the charity is primarily for the study, dissemination of knowledge, and promotion of Sufi arts, literature, culture and heritage, with special focus on the published works of Idries Shah.〔 The charity's stated objective is “to promote tolerance and cultural understanding by the dissemination of contemporary Sufi ideas as widely as possible throughout the world.” It aims “to translate the works of Idries Shah into Eastern languages in order to help preserve Sufi ideas and values within the Islamic world, where they originated.”〔 Between 2015 and 2020, the foundation's publishing arm, ISF Publishing, plans to republish the complete corpus of Idries Shah in English. This includes print, eBook, and audio editions and, for the first time, American editions as well. The foundation is also working on releasing translations of Shah's publications in Oriental languages (including Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Urdu and Turkish). Translations into other Oriental and European languages are also underfoot. In addition, the foundation is committed to establishing an online archive of Idries Shah's manuscripts and associated material, as well as making Shah's publications available to libraries, schools and universities, in both East and West.〔〔〔〔Idries Shah's son Tahir Shah was responsible for overseeing the Western translations, his daughter Saira Shah, the Eastern translations.〕 The Idries Shah Foundation supersedes the earlier educational charity, The Institute for Cultural Research (ICR),〔 (Web page snapshot of ICR showing cessation of operations and supersession).〕 which was originally set up by Idries Shah;〔〔Justin Wintle (ed), ''Makers of Modern Culture'', Volume I, p474, Routledge, 2001, ISBN 0-415-26583-5. Retrieved from Google book search (here ) on 2008-11-14.〕 and ISF Publishing supersedes his〔〔 earlier educational book publishing company, Octagon Press.〔 (Web page snapshot of Octagon Press showing cessation of operations and supersession).〕 Operating in the United Kingdom and in Afghanistan,〔 The Idries Shah Foundation's registered charity number in England and Wales is 1150876.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Idries Shah Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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