Fazal Inayat-Khan

Fazal Inayat-Khan (Urdu: فضل عنایت خان) (July 20, 1942 – September 26, 1990), also known as Frank Kevlin, was a psychotherapist and poet who led the Inayati Order from 1968 to 1982.

[1] He was the author of Old Thinking, New Thinking: The Sufi prism (1979) and, published in Dutch, Modern soefisme: over creatieve verandering en spirituele groei (Modern Sufism: on creative change and spiritual growth) (1992).

Born in Montélimar,[2] Vichy France to a Dutch mother and the composer, Hidayat Inayat Khan, Inayat-Khan was brought up speaking Hindi, Dutch, English and French.

Fazal Inayat-Khan is buried at the Oud Eik en Duinen cemetery in The Hague.

[2] Finding that his family name influenced people's perception of his work, he changed his name legally to Frank Kevlin.