The Caliph's House

LOOK INTO THE EYES OF A JINN AND YOU STARE INTO THE DEPTHS OF YOUR OWN SOUL...WRITER AND FILM-MAKER TAHIR SHAH - IN HIS 30S, MARRIED, WITH TWO SMALL CHILDREN - WAS BEGINNING TO WILT UNDER BRASH, CRAMPED, ENNERVATING BRITISH CITY LIFE. FLYING IN THE FACE OF FRIENDS ADVICE, HE LONGED TO FULFIL HIS DREAM OF FINDING A PLACE BURSTING WITH LIFE, COLOUR, HISTORY AND ROMANCE - SOMEWHERE FAR REMOVED FROM LONDON - IN WHICH TO RAISE A FAMILY. CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF HOLIDAYING WITH HIS PARENTS, AND OF A GRANDFATHER HE BARELY KNEW, LED ...