Peshawar Nights
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Peshawar Nights is a Shi'a book by Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi[1] ("Prince of Preachers from Shiraz")[2] 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 (North West Frontier) province of Pakistan beginning on 27 January 1927.[2]
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[edit] History
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 (Note: Persian is no longer commonly understood in 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]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Peshawar Nights
- ^ a b Translators' Preface
- ^ 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.
[edit] External links
- Read online on Al-islam.org
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- Peshawar Nights the Art of Fictional-Narration by Abu Muhammad al-Afriqi
