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Achmed Abdullah


Born
in Russian Federation
May 12, 1881

Died
May 12, 1945

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


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. He is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films. He was the author of the progressive Siamese drama Chang, an Academy Award nominated film made in 1927. He earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay to the 1935 film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.

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Average rating: 3.53 · 306 ratings · 58 reviews · 144 distinct works • Similar authors
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3.75 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1924 — 27 editions
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Fear and Other Stories
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Clássicos do horror, do est...
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The Achmed Abdullah MEGAPAC...
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The Ten-foot Chain or, Can ...
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3.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1920 — 31 editions
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Fear, and the Incubus
3.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1945
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Le voleur de Bagdad (Le dom...
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A Simple Act of Piety
3.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
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The Second Achmed Abdullah ...
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Fear
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