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Achmed Abdullah (12 May 1881 – 12 May 1945) was an American writer apparently from Afghanistan. He gave his full name variously as "Achmed Abdullah Nadir Khan el-Durani el-Iddrissyeh" [1] or as "Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff".
Achmed Abdullah, a pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, was born of a Russian Orthodox father and a Muslim mother. He was raised in Britain and educated at Eton and Oxford. He served in the British Army in France, China and India.
Achmed Abdullah (1881 - 1945) was a multicultural and multilingual writer who claimed to be a descendant of the Russian imperial family. He wrote pulp crime, mystery, and adventure stories, including a film nominated for an Academy Award, and a novel based on The Thief of Bagdad.
Achmed Abdullah has 120 books on Goodreads with 954 ratings. Achmed Abdullah’s most popular book is The Thief of Bagdad.
Achmed Abdullah is the pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff (1881-1945), a Russian-English author born of a Russian Orthodox father and a Muslim mother, raised in Britain and educated at Eton and Oxford, served in the British Army in France, China and India, wrote mystery, crime and adventure novels some based on his own experiences.
Nov 6, 2023 · American Oriental scholar and writer of mystery, crime, and adventure pulps. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. Achmed Abdullah.
Achmed Abdullah. Writer: The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff (Achmed Abdullah) was the author of numerous adventure and mystery stories, usually set in strange and exotic locations.
