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Robert Darr
Robert Darr
Born	1951; Orange County, California
Nationality	American
Other names	Robert Abdul Hayy Darr
Known for	Books on Sufism

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Robert Darr (born 1951 in Orange County, California), also known as Robert Abdul Hayy Darr, is the author of several books on Sufism.

A U.S. citizen and resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Darr is a translator and interpreter of classic Islamic mystical texts. He was introduced to Sufism in the 1970s through the works of Idries Shah. By 1985 he left the Shah groups and began working in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan and making overland trips inside Afghanistan. There he befriended a number of Sufis in the region including Khalilullah Khalili. Darr spent the next couple of decades studying traditional Sufism along with specialized disciplines such as abjad (Islamic numerology). From 1988 to 1998, he studied miniature painting with Afghanistan's great miniaturist, Homayon Etemadi (died 2007). For almost two decades he was the student of the late Afghan Sufi, Raz Mohammed Zaray (died October 2010). Since 1996, Darr has been the director of the Arques School Of Traditional Boatbuilding in Sausalito, California.

Books

Quatrains Khalili. The Afghan Cultural Assistance Foundation. Sausalito. 1989.
Clarifications. Mystical Poetry of Rumi . Real Impressions. Sausalito. 2002.
The Garden of Mystery. The Gulshani-i raz of Mahmud Shabistari. Archetype. 2007. ISBN 978-1-901383-22-5
The Spy of the Heart. Fons Vitae. 2007. ISBN 978-1-929148-62-2

References

Lewisohn, Leonard (2006–2007). "The Spy of the Heart: Review by Leonard Lewisohn". www.spyoftheheart.com. Retrieved 2010-01-25. Review by Leonard Lewisohn (Ph.D., B.A). Lecturer, Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow in Persian and Sufi Literature. University of Exeter.
Staff (1 April 2007). "The Spy of the Heart: Robert Abdul Hayy Darr". amazon.com. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

External links

Robert Darr's website

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 '''Robert Darr''' (born 1951 in [[Orange County, California]]), also known as Robert Abdul Hayy Darr, is the author of several books on [[Sufism]].
-A U.S. citizen and resident of the [[San Francisco Bay]] Area, Darr is a translator and interpreter of classic Islamic mystical texts. He was introduced to Sufism in the 1970s through the works of [[Idries Shah]]. By 1985 he left the Shah groups and began working in Afghan refugee camps in [[Pakistan]] and making overland trips inside [[Afghanistan]]. There he befriended a number of Sufis in the region including [[Khalilullah Khalili]]. Darr spent the next couple of decades studying traditional Sufism along with specialized disciplines such as abjad (Islamic numerology). From 1988 to 1998, he studied [[miniature painting]] with Afghanistan's great miniaturist, Homayon Etemadi (died 2007). For almost two decades he was the student of the late Afghan Sufi, Raz Mohammed Zaray (died October 2010). Since 1996, Darr has been the director of the [[Spaulding Wooden Boat Center|Arques School Of Traditional Boatbuilding]] in Sausalito, California.
+A U.S. citizen and resident of the [[San Francisco Bay]] Area, Darr is a translator and interpreter of classic Islamic mystical texts. He was introduced to Sufism in the 1970s through the works of [[Idries Shah]]. By 1985 he left the Shah groups and began working in Afghan refugee camps in [[Pakistan]] and making overland trips inside [[Afghanistan]]. There he befriended a number of Sufis in the region including [[Khalilullah Khalili]]. Darr spent the next couple of decades studying traditional Sufism along with specialized disciplines such as abjad (Islamic numerology). From 1988 to 1998, he studied [[Persian miniature|miniature painting]] with Afghanistan's great miniaturist, Homayon Etemadi (died 2007). For almost two decades he was the student of the late Afghan Sufi, Raz Mohammed Zaray (died October 2010). Since 1996, Darr has been the director of the [[Spaulding Wooden Boat Center|Arques School Of Traditional Boatbuilding]] in Sausalito, California.
 ==Books==
 * ''Quatrains Khalili''. The Afghan Cultural Assistance Foundation. Sausalito. 1989.
 * ''Clarifications. Mystical Poetry of Rumi'' . Real Impressions. Sausalito. 2002.
-* ''The Garden of Mystery. The Gulshani-i raz of Mahmud Shabistari''. Archetype. 2007. ISBN 978-1-901383-22-5
+* ''The Garden of Mystery. The Gulshani-i raz of Mahmud Shabistari''. Archetype. 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-901383-22-5}}
-* ''The Spy of the Heart''. Fons Vitae. 2007. ISBN 978-1-929148-62-2
+* ''The Spy of the Heart''. Fons Vitae. 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-929148-62-2}}
 ==References==
 * {{cite web
-  | authorlink = Leonard Lewisohn
+  | authorlink = Leonard Lewisohn (Islamic scholar)
   | last = Lewisohn
   | first = Leonard
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   | work =
   | publisher = www.spyoftheheart.com
-  | date = 2006/7
+  | date = 2006–2007
   | url = http://www.spyoftheheart.com/review.php
-  | accessdate = 2010-01-25}} Review by Leonard Lewisohn (Ph.D.,B.A). Lecturer, Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow in Persian and Sufi Literature. University of Exeter.
+  | accessdate = 2010-01-25}} Review by Leonard Lewisohn (Ph.D., B.A). Lecturer, Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow in Persian and Sufi Literature. University of Exeter.
 * {{cite web
   | authorlink =
+  | author =  Staff| title = The Spy of the Heart: Robert Abdul Hayy Darr
-  | last = Staff
-  | first =
-  | title = The Spy of the Heart: Robert Abdul Hayy Darr
   | work =
   | publisher = amazon.com
   | date = 1 April 2007
-  | url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/1929148623
+  | url = https://www.amazon.com/dp/1929148623
   | accessdate = 2010-01-25}}
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 * [http://www.spyoftheheart.com/index.php Robert Darr's website]
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-| DATE OF DEATH     =
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+[[Category:Writers from San Francisco]]
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