Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah
Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah | |
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| Born | Bessie Louise MacKenzie 14 October 1892 Colmonell, Ayrshire |
| Died | 15 August 1960 (aged 67–68) |
| Other names | Morag Murray Abdullah |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, traveller |
| Spouse | Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah |
| Children | Amina Shah, Omar Ali Shah, Idries Shah, Osman I.H. Shah |
| Parent(s) | Charles Mackenzie; Bessie Margaret Bloxham |
Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah (née Bessie Louise MacKenzie; 14 October 1892 – 15 August 1960) was a Scottish writer who wrote under the pen name Morag Murray Abdullah. She met the Pashtun author, poet, diplomat, scholar, and savant Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah and wrote fictional accounts of her marriage and travels in the North-West Frontier Province of British India and the mountains of Afghanistan.