Kuda Bux (15 October 1905 – 5 February 1981, born Khudah Bukhsh) was a Kashmiri magician and firewalker.

[8] In his old age, he was a nightly regular at the Castle where he would play cards with magicians Dai Vernon and Hy Berg.

In one of his best known performances he would cover his eyes with soft dough balls, blindfold himself, swath his entire head in strips of cloth, and yet still be able to see.

[6][11] While blindfolded he would read the dates on coins which were held in a spectator's hand, read the fine print of a magazine, thread a needle while covered in a wine barrel, duplicate words he had never seen written, shoot a can on children's heads with a pellet gun and many other tricks.

[13] He once said any piece of exposed skin was all he needed to perform the trick and read The Life of Samuel Johnson from behind a door with his hand.

[4] Fellow magician John Booth wrote that Bux was a dedicated showman who made a point of using reading glasses when he was not onstage.

[14] In 1935, Bux walked over hot coals in front of an audience of scientists from the University of London Council for Psychical Research and news reporters.

Bux's feet were checked before and after the firewalking demonstration to verify that no protective chemicals, topical creams or herbs were used.

[19] Bux repeated his firewalk at NBC Radio City Studios in Manhattan on 2 August 1938.

There is newsreel footage of this event in the TV biography The Incredible Life and Times of Robert Ripley: Believe It or Not!.

[22] Just days after Bux's 1935 walk, Joseph Dunninger gave a more logical explanation to his Universal Council for Psychic Research.