Tales of Secret Egypt

ABU-TABAH... ...professes himself a master magician, who has struck up an association with Kernaby, an Englishman of limited scruples... Abu-Tabah proves himself to be a master of manipulation as well as magic as he influences people and situations to achieve his mysterious goals. The second half of the book contains six tales set in Egypt and tinged with the supernatural. An early work by Sax Rohmer, whose most evil villain, Fu Manchu, would make him internationally famous.