Shah's father, the Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah, was expected by Graves to present the original manuscript to clear the matter up, but he died in a car accident in Tangier in November 1969.
Graves förväntade sig att Shahs far, Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah, skulle uppvisa originalmanuskriptet och reda ut saken, men han dog i en bilolycka i Tanger i november 1969.