Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi
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Sultanu l-Wa'izin Shirazi is the Shi'a scholar portrayed in the book Peshawar Nights
("Prince of Preachers from Shiraz
").
Sultanu l-Wa'izin Shirazi was born in Tehran on 12 May 1894. After his primary school in Tehran, he moved with his father to Karbala and studies in some Hawzas.
He died on 11 October 1971
s and Sunni
Muslims. The debate is said to have taken place in Peshawar
, (now in Pakistan
, which at the time was part of British India), beginning on 27 January 1927. The Shi'a were victorious in debate. according to the preface:
Peshawar Nights
Peshawar Nights is a Shi'a book by Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi recounts a public debate between Shi'a Muslims and Sunni Muslims. The debate took place in the city of Peshawar in the Soba-e-Serhed province of Pakistan beginning on 27 January 1927.-History:According to the preface:-External links:*...
("Prince of Preachers from Shiraz
Shiraz
Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...
").
Sultanu l-Wa'izin Shirazi was born in Tehran on 12 May 1894. After his primary school in Tehran, he moved with his father to Karbala and studies in some Hawzas.
He died on 11 October 1971
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According to the book, he participated in a public debate between Shi'a MuslimMuslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s and Sunni
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah for short; in English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites....
Muslims. The debate is said to have taken place in Peshawar
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....
, (now in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, which at the time was part of British India), beginning on 27 January 1927. The Shi'a were victorious in debate. according to the preface:
- A condition of the dialogue was that only sources acceptable to both sects would be cited. The dialogue was held in PersianPersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
, commonly understood in the city of Peshawar. The transcript, made by four reporters and published in the newspapers daily, was published in book form in Teheran and soon became a classic authority in the East. The present work is based on the fourth edition, published in Teheran in 1971, the year in which Sultanu'l-Wa'izin died at the age of 75