1. Achmed Abdullah was an American writer apparently from Afghanistan.
14 Facts About Achmed Abdullah
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Achmed Abdullah gave his full name variously as "Achmed Abdullah Nadir Khan el-Durani el-Iddrissyeh" or as "Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff".
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Achmed Abdullah is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure novels.
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Achmed Abdullah was the author of the progressive Siamese drama Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness, an Academy Award-nominated film made in 1927.
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Achmed Abdullah earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.
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In various sources including his autobiography, Abdullah claimed that at the age of 12, he was sent to Eton College and then to Oxford University to be educated.
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Achmed Abdullah claimed that although he was born Russian Orthodox, he was raised as a Muslim by his uncle who adopted him.
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Achmed Abdullah was deployed in Africa, China and with the British-Indian army in India.
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Achmed Abdullah claimed to have mostly spent the time in the military as a spy because of his wide knowledge of Oriental and Middle Eastern customs and religions.
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Achmed Abdullah claimed he was made a British citizen by an Act of Parliament and convicted by the Germans during the First World War for being a spy.
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Achmed Abdullah's work appeared in several US magazines, including Argosy, All-Story Magazine, Munsey's Magazine and Blue Book.
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Achmed Abdullah translated some Afghan poems, including a poem by the wife of Mohammad Afzal Khan and chaharbeiti lyrics.
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Achmed Abdullah married at least three times: to Irene Bainbridge, Jean Wick, and Rosemary A Dolan.
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Achmed Abdullah was the father of two daughters with Irene Bainbridge: Phyllis Abdullah and Pamelia Susan Abdullah Brower.