According to his obituary in The Daily Telegraph, Idries Shah was a collaborator with Mujahideen in the Soviet–Afghan War, a Director of Studies for the Institute for Cultural Research and a Governor of the Royal Humane Society and the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables.
Conform necrologului său din The Daily Telegraph, Idries Shah era un colaborator al mujahedinilor în cadrul războiului sovietic din Afghanistan, director de cercetare la Institutul perntru cercetare culturală și guvernator al Royal Humane Society precum și al Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables.