The Tahir Shah Travel Reader

Over the last thirty years, Tahir Shah has roamed the furthest limits of the world, and produced a stupefying body of travel literature, embracing a cornucopia of quests.

He has sought out the so-called Birdmen of Peru, studied magic with the godmen of India, searched for the mysterious lost city of the Incas, and for the fabled lost treasure of Mughal India.

Shah has noted that seeking out the hidden underbelly of the lands through which he travels is centrally important to him. The themes o...