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 [1] ("Prince of Preachers from Shiraz").[2]

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


Overview

According to the book, he participated in a public debate between Shi'a Muslims 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.[2] 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 Persian, 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 [3]

See also

  • List of Islamic scholars

References

  1. ↑ Peshawar Nights
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Translators' Preface
  3. ↑ The Translators' Preface stats: The death of Sultanu'l-Wa'izin in 1971 is mentioned by Michael M.J. Fischer in Iran: From Religious Dispute to Revolution - p.178, Harvard University Press 1980.


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