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Peshawar Nights

November 23, 2023

Peshawar Nights (شبهای پیشاور در دفاع از حریم تشیع Shab-hā-ye Pishāwar) is a written firsthand account by Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi ("Prince of Preachers from Shiraz"),[1] recalling ten days of dialogues between two Sunni scholars and a Shia author about major topics relating to Shia Islam,[2][3] which took place in Peshawar (now in Pakistan, which, at the time, was part of British India) beginning on 27 January 1927. The book was originally written in Persian and published in Tehran and has subsequently been translated into several languages, the first English edition was published in 1977 in Pakistan.

Peshawar Nights
AuthorSultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi
Original titleشب‌های پیشاور
CountryIran
Languageen
SubjectShia-Sunni debate
GenrePolemic
Published1st ed. 1977

Background edit

 
1st page
 
2nd page
An article about the debate in "Durre Najaf" magazine.

It recounts a public debate between Shia Muslims and Sunni Muslims, that took place in the city of Peshawar in the North-West Frontier Province of British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) for ten nights beginning on 27 January 1927. The two principal participants from the Sunni side were Hafiz Muhammad Rashid and Sheikh Abdus Salam from Kabul. The discussions were attended by approximately 200 people (Shia and Sunni Muslims) and were recorded by four reporters published following morning in the local newspapers.[2] 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 Sultan al-Wa'izin died at the age of 75.[4]

English editions edit

 
Different English editions.

The title of the book is a translation of the original Persian title, Shabhaye-Peshawar.[2] Sinc e its first translation, printing & publishing in English, it been re-translated, re-printed & re-published across the world several times. A few of the major English publications available are:

  • A digest by Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust, Pakistan from the 1970s[5]
  • A translation by Hamid Quinlan and Charles Ali Campbell, published by Ansariyan Publications, Iran, from the 1990s[6]
  • From the UK in the 2000s[7]
  • Multiple times in the 2010s:
    • In 2013, two parts; Part 1[8] & Part 2[9]
    • In February 2014[10]
    • In September 2014, two parts; Part 1[11] & Part 2[12]
    • In July 2015, two parts; Part 1 & Part 2[13]
    • In November 2015, two parts; Part 1[14] & Part 2[15]
    • In 2017, two parts; Part 1[16] & Part 2
    • In 2018[17]

Translations in other languages edit

Apart from English, the book has been translated into several other languages from original Persian. It is available in:

  • Persian (شب‌های پیشاور)
  • English (Peshawar Nights)
  • Urdu (شب‌های پیشاور)
  • Arabic (ليالي بيشاور)
  • Azerbaijani (Pişəvər gecələri))
  • French (Les Nuits de Pishawar)
  • Spanish (Las Noches de Peshawar)
  • Indonesian (Mazhab Syia, Mazhab Pecinta Keluarga Nabi: Kajian al-Quran dan Sunnah). In Indonesian, it was initially translated as Mazhab Syia and was reprinted in 2009 under the title Mazhab Pecinta Keluarga Nabi: Kajian al-Quran dan Sunnah.[18]

Book's coverage edit

The book is notable, it has not only been reprinted several times in English by different publishers across the world but also has been translated to several languages and has not only been cited by books but is also used as teaching/reference material in academia and suggested as reading material by others.

Citations and mentions edit

The book has been cited or mentioned by later books, journal, etc. including,

  • as a reference in book 'The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears'[19]
  • as reference in footnotes in book 'The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers (Shia) throughout History'[20]
  • as a reference in magazine 'The Light, Volumes 24-25'[21]
  • in bibliography in book 'Discourses of Mobilization in Post-revolutionary Iran'[22]
  • mentioned in text of book 'Shi'ism In South East Asia: Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions'[18]

Listings edit

  • listed in "Accessions List, Pakistan, Volume 18, 1979" [23]
  • listed in "Forthcoming Books, Volume 35, Issue 5"[24]

Peshawar Nights has been listed as one of the books "to understand Shia better", it is searchable and downloadable from internet free of charge.[25]

Academia edit

The book has not only been catalogued by university libraries cited by books but also is used as teaching/reference material in academia and suggested as reading material,

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Peshawar Nights". Al-Islam.org. 2013-01-26.
  2. ^ a b c "Translators' Preface". Al-Islam.org. 2013-01-26.
  3. ^ "Author: Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi". Peshawar Nights. 2019-01-05.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Digest Peshawar Nights (convincing Shia Sunni Dialogue). Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust. 1977.
  6. ^ Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Sulṭān al-Vāʻiẓīn (1996). Peshawar Nights. Ansaryian Publications.
  7. ^ Peshawar Nights. 2001. ISBN 978-964-438-320-5. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. ^ Shirazi, Sultanu'l-wa'izin (2013-12-06). Peshawar Nights. Createspace Independent Pub. ISBN 978-1-4943-4845-8.
  9. ^ Shirazi, Sultanu'l-Wa'izin (2013-12-06). Peshawar Nights. Createspace Independent Pub. ISBN 978-1-4943-4846-5.
  10. ^ Shirazi, Sultanul Wa'izin (2014-02-25). Peshawar Nights: Shia Islam in Sunni Traditions. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-4960-8344-9.
  11. ^ Shirazi, Sultanul Waizin (2014-09-28). Peshawar Nights. Createspace Independent Pub. ISBN 978-1-5025-3303-6.
  12. ^ Shirazi, Sultanui Waizin (2014-09-28). Peshawar Nights. Createspace Independent Pub. ISBN 978-1-5025-3305-0.
  13. ^ Shirazi, Sultanu'l-wa'izin (2015-07-20). Peshawar Nights. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5151-0300-4.
  14. ^ Shirazi, Sultanu'l-wa'izin (2015-11-04). Peshawar Nights. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5191-1238-5.
  15. ^ XK, Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi-; Shirazi, Sultanu'l-wa'izin (2015-11-04). Peshawar Nights. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5191-0804-3.
  16. ^ Shirazi, Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Sultanu'l-Wa'izin (2017-10-10). PESHAWAR NIGHTS Part - 1. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-9779-2374-5.
  17. ^ As-Sayyid, Sultan al-Wa'adhin (2018-02-16). Peshawar Nights. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-9856-0188-8.
  18. ^ a b Formichi, Chiara; Feener, Michael (2015). Shi'ism In South East Asia: Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions. Oxford University Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-19-061315-0.
  19. ^ Howarth, Toby (2005-10-04). The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears. McGraw Hill Professional. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-203-01260-4.
  20. ^ Charbonneau, Mateen J. (2018-09-04). The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers (Shia) throughout History. Lulu.com. pp. 76, 100, 216, 264, 265. ISBN 978-1-312-45203-9.
  21. ^ The Light. Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. 1990. p. 21.
  22. ^ Azodanloo, Heidar Ghajar (1992). Discourses of Mobilization in Post-revolutionary Iran. University of Minnesota. p. 233.
  23. ^ Library of Congress Office, Karachi, Library of Congress (1979). Accessions List, Pakistan (Listing) (Pennsylvania State University ed.). Library of Congress Office-Pakistan, Karachi. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-19-577246-3.
  24. ^ Arny, Rose (2000). Forthcoming Books, Volume 35, Issue 5 (Listing) (the University of Michigan ed.). R.R. Bowker Company. pp. 486, 1214.
  25. ^ Mundadu, Mahfuz (30 June 2018). "Rejoinder: Sharifudeen Ibrahim Muhammad "Zaria Shia Massacre a victory to Muslims"!". abna24.com. ABNA. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  26. ^ "Peshawar Nights, by Muhammad Sultan al-Vaizin Shirazi" (Catalogue). onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  27. ^ Blake, Corinne (1998). "The Journal for Multi Media History, Volume 1 Number 1 ~ Fall 1998 - Teaching Islamic Civilization with Information Technology". www.albany.edu. New York: State University of New York at Albany. Retrieved 25 June 2020. In addition to classical material, the Ahlul Bayt site includes links to full text translations of more contemporary material, from Peshawar Nights...
  28. ^ Halsall, Paul. "Internet History Sourcebooks Project (created 26 Jan 1996: latest revision 2 January 2020)". sourcebooks.fordham.edu. Fordham University. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

External links edit

  • Read 'Peshawar Nights' online in - English, Persian, Urdu (part-1), Urdu (part-2), Arabic, French, Azeri, Spanish.
  • Blog dedicated to Peshawar Nights

November 23, 2023
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Peshawar Nights شبهای پیشاور در دفاع از حریم تشیع Shab ha ye Pishawar is a written firsthand account by Sultan al Wa izin Shirazi Prince of Preachers from Shiraz 1 recalling ten days of dialogues between two Sunni scholars and a Shia author about major topics relating to Shia Islam 2 3 which took place in Peshawar now in Pakistan which at the time was part of British India beginning on 27 January 1927 The book was originally written in Persian and published in Tehran and has subsequently been translated into several languages the first English edition was published in 1977 in Pakistan Peshawar NightsAuthorSultan al Wa izin ShiraziOriginal titleشب های پیشاورCountryIranLanguageenSubjectShia Sunni debateGenrePolemicPublished1st ed 1977 Contents 1 Background 2 English editions 3 Translations in other languages 4 Book s coverage 4 1 Citations and mentions 4 2 Listings 4 3 Academia 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksBackground edit nbsp 1st page nbsp 2nd pageAn article about the debate in Durre Najaf magazine It recounts a public debate between Shia Muslims and Sunni Muslims that took place in the city of Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province of British India present day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan for ten nights beginning on 27 January 1927 The two principal participants from the Sunni side were Hafiz Muhammad Rashid and Sheikh Abdus Salam from Kabul The discussions were attended by approximately 200 people Shia and Sunni Muslims and were recorded by four reporters published following morning in the local newspapers 2 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 Sultan al Wa izin died at the age of 75 4 English editions edit nbsp Different English editions The title of the book is a translation of the original Persian title Shabhaye Peshawar 2 Sinc e its first translation printing amp publishing in English it been re translated re printed amp re published across the world several times A few of the major English publications available are A digest by Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust Pakistan from the 1970s 5 A translation by Hamid Quinlan and Charles Ali Campbell published by Ansariyan Publications Iran from the 1990s 6 From the UK in the 2000s 7 Multiple times in the 2010s In 2013 two parts Part 1 8 amp Part 2 9 In February 2014 10 In September 2014 two parts Part 1 11 amp Part 2 12 In July 2015 two parts Part 1 amp Part 2 13 In November 2015 two parts Part 1 14 amp Part 2 15 In 2017 two parts Part 1 16 amp Part 2 In 2018 17 Translations in other languages editApart from English the book has been translated into several other languages from original Persian It is available in Persian شب های پیشاور English Peshawar Nights Urdu شب های پیشاور Arabic ليالي بيشاور Azerbaijani Pisever geceleri French Les Nuits de Pishawar Spanish Las Noches de Peshawar Indonesian Mazhab Syia Mazhab Pecinta Keluarga Nabi Kajian al Quran dan Sunnah In Indonesian it was initially translated as Mazhab Syia and was reprinted in 2009 under the title Mazhab Pecinta Keluarga Nabi Kajian al Quran dan Sunnah 18 Book s coverage editThe book is notable it has not only been reprinted several times in English by different publishers across the world but also has been translated to several languages and has not only been cited by books but is also used as teaching reference material in academia and suggested as reading material by others Citations and mentions edit The book has been cited or mentioned by later books journal etc including as a reference in book The Twelver Shi a as a Muslim Minority in India Pulpit of Tears 19 as reference in footnotes in book The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers Shia throughout History 20 as a reference in magazine The Light Volumes 24 25 21 in bibliography in book Discourses of Mobilization in Post revolutionary Iran 22 mentioned in text of book Shi ism In South East Asia Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions 18 Listings edit listed in Accessions List Pakistan Volume 18 1979 23 listed in Forthcoming Books Volume 35 Issue 5 24 Peshawar Nights has been listed as one of the books to understand Shia better it is searchable and downloadable from internet free of charge 25 Academia edit The book has not only been catalogued by university libraries cited by books but also is used as teaching reference material in academia and suggested as reading material it is catalogued in The Online Books Page of the library of University of Pennsylvania 26 it is mentioned as one of the contemporary material suggested for use as teaching reference material by University at Albany in its The Journal for Multi Media History 27 it is catalogued under The Shi ite Tradition in the Internet Islamic History Sourcebook of the Fordham University 28 See also editA Shi i Sunni dialogueReferences edit Peshawar Nights Al Islam org 2013 01 26 a b c Translators Preface Al Islam org 2013 01 26 Author Sultan al Wa izin Shirazi Peshawar Nights 2019 01 05 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 Digest Peshawar Nights convincing Shia Sunni Dialogue Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust 1977 Shirazi Muḥammad Sulṭan al Vaʻiẓin 1996 Peshawar Nights Ansaryian Publications Peshawar Nights 2001 ISBN 978 964 438 320 5 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a website ignored help Shirazi Sultanu l wa izin 2013 12 06 Peshawar Nights Createspace Independent Pub ISBN 978 1 4943 4845 8 Shirazi Sultanu l Wa izin 2013 12 06 Peshawar Nights Createspace Independent Pub ISBN 978 1 4943 4846 5 Shirazi Sultanul Wa izin 2014 02 25 Peshawar Nights Shia Islam in Sunni Traditions CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 978 1 4960 8344 9 Shirazi Sultanul Waizin 2014 09 28 Peshawar Nights Createspace Independent Pub ISBN 978 1 5025 3303 6 Shirazi Sultanui Waizin 2014 09 28 Peshawar Nights Createspace Independent Pub ISBN 978 1 5025 3305 0 Shirazi Sultanu l wa izin 2015 07 20 Peshawar Nights CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 978 1 5151 0300 4 Shirazi Sultanu l wa izin 2015 11 04 Peshawar Nights CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 978 1 5191 1238 5 XK Sultanu l Wa izin Shirazi Shirazi Sultanu l wa izin 2015 11 04 Peshawar Nights CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 978 1 5191 0804 3 Shirazi Sultanu l Wa izin Sultanu l Wa izin 2017 10 10 PESHAWAR NIGHTS Part 1 CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 978 1 9779 2374 5 As Sayyid Sultan al Wa adhin 2018 02 16 Peshawar Nights CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 978 1 9856 0188 8 a b Formichi Chiara Feener Michael 2015 Shi ism In South East Asia Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions Oxford University Press p 270 ISBN 978 0 19 061315 0 Howarth Toby 2005 10 04 The Twelver Shi a as a Muslim Minority in India Pulpit of Tears McGraw Hill Professional p 206 ISBN 978 0 203 01260 4 Charbonneau Mateen J 2018 09 04 The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers Shia throughout History Lulu com pp 76 100 216 264 265 ISBN 978 1 312 45203 9 The Light Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania 1990 p 21 Azodanloo Heidar Ghajar 1992 Discourses of Mobilization in Post revolutionary Iran University of Minnesota p 233 Library of Congress Office Karachi Library of Congress 1979 Accessions List Pakistan Listing Pennsylvania State University ed Library of Congress Office Pakistan Karachi p 40 ISBN 978 0 19 577246 3 Arny Rose 2000 Forthcoming Books Volume 35 Issue 5 Listing the University of Michigan ed R R Bowker Company pp 486 1214 Mundadu Mahfuz 30 June 2018 Rejoinder Sharifudeen Ibrahim Muhammad Zaria Shia Massacre a victory to Muslims abna24 com ABNA Retrieved 25 June 2020 Peshawar Nights by Muhammad Sultan al Vaizin Shirazi Catalogue onlinebooks library upenn edu University of Pennsylvania Retrieved 25 June 2020 Blake Corinne 1998 The Journal for Multi Media History Volume 1 Number 1 Fall 1998 Teaching Islamic Civilization with Information Technology www albany edu New York State University of New York at Albany Retrieved 25 June 2020 In addition to classical material the Ahlul Bayt site includes links to full text translations of more contemporary material from Peshawar Nights Halsall Paul Internet History Sourcebooks Project created 26 Jan 1996 latest revision 2 January 2020 sourcebooks fordham edu Fordham University Retrieved 25 June 2020 External links editRead Peshawar Nights online in English Persian Urdu part 1 Urdu part 2 Arabic French Azeri 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