Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi


Seyed Mohammad Shirazi, commonly known as Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi, was a prominent Shi'a scholar. He authored Peshawar Nights, an account of a public debate between Shi'a and Sunni Muslims which took place in Peshawar over 10 nights beginning on 27 January 1927
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 studied in some Hawzas.

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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 beginning on 27 January 1924. The Shi'a were victorious in debate. According to the preface: