Peshawar Nights

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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.

According to the preface:

{{blockquote|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.The [http://www.al-islam.org/peshawar/preface.html 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.}}

The title of the book is a translation of the original Persian title, Shabhaye-Peshawar. Since 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{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbgTxgEACAAJ&q=%22Peshawar+nights%22|title=Digest Peshawar Nights (convincing Shia Sunni Dialogue)|date=1977|publisher=Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust|language=en}}
• A translation by Hamid Quinlan and Charles Ali Campbell, published by Ansariyan Publications, Iran, from the 1990s{{Cite book|last=Shīrāzī|first=Muḥammad Sulṭān al-Vāʻiẓīn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRyrwAEACAAJ&q=%22Peshawar+nights%22|title=Peshawar Nights|date=1996|publisher=Ansaryian Publications|language=en}}
• From the UK in the 2000s{{cite book |title=Peshawar Nights |url=https://www.books-by-isbn.com/964-438/9644383206-Peshawar-Nights-Sultanu-l-Wa-izin-Shirazi-964-438-320-6.html |website=www.books-by-isbn.com |date=2001|publisher=Yasin Publications |isbn=978-964-438-320-5|language=en}}
• Multiple times in the 2010s:
• In 2013, two parts; Part 1{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanu'l-wa'izin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1xPngEACAAJ&q=Peshawar%20nights|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2013-12-06|publisher=Createspace Independent Pub|isbn=978-1-4943-4845-8|language=en}} & Part 2{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanu'l-Wa'izin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jFMngEACAAJ&q=Peshawar%20nights|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2013-12-06|publisher=Createspace Independent Pub|isbn=978-1-4943-4846-5|language=en}}
• In February 2014{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanul Wa'izin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x8T8oAEACAAJ&q=Peshawar+nights|title=Peshawar Nights: Shia Islam in Sunni Traditions|date=2014-02-25|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-4960-8344-9|language=en}}
• In September 2014, two parts; Part 1{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanul Waizin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FnnloQEACAAJ&q=Peshawar%20nights|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2014-09-28|publisher=Createspace Independent Pub|isbn=978-1-5025-3303-6|language=en}} & Part 2{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanui Waizin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7k3joQEACAAJ&q=Peshawar%20nights|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2014-09-28|publisher=Createspace Independent Pub|isbn=978-1-5025-3305-0|language=en}}
• In July 2015, two parts; Part 1 & Part 2{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanu'l-wa'izin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P6YgswEACAAJ&q=editions:ISBN1519112386|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2015-07-20|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-5151-0300-4|language=en}}
• In November 2015, two parts; Part 1{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanu'l-wa'izin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YOlpjwEACAAJ&q=editions:ISBN1519112386|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2015-11-04|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-5191-1238-5|language=en}} & Part 2{{Cite book|last1=XK|first1=Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi-|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-M-sjgEACAAJ&q=editions:ISBN1519112386|title=Peshawar Nights|last2=Shirazi|first2=Sultanu'l-wa'izin|date=2015-11-04|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-5191-0804-3|language=en}}
• In 2017, two parts; Part 1{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Sultanu'l-Wa'izin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raw1swEACAAJ&q=editions:ISBN1519112386|title=PESHAWAR NIGHTS Part - 1|date=2017-10-10|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-9779-2374-5|language=en}} & Part 2
• In 2018{{Cite book|last=As-Sayyid|first=Sultan al-Wa'adhin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0m5jwEACAAJ&q=Peshawar+nights|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2018-02-16|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-9856-0188-8|language=en}}

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

• Persian ({{lang|fa|شب‌های پیشاور}})
• English ({{lang|en|Peshawar Nights}})
• Urdu ({{lang|ur|شبہائے پشاور}})
• Arabic ({{lang|ar|ليالي بيشاور}})
• Azerbaijani ({{lang|az|Pişəvər gecələri}}))
• French ({{lang|fr|Les Nuits de Pishawar}})
• Spanish ({{lang|es|Las Noches de Peshawar}})
• Indonesian ({{lang|id|Mazhab Syia}}, {{lang|id|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.{{cite book |last1=Formichi |first1=Chiara |last2=Feener |first2=Michael |title=Shi'ism In South East Asia: Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-061315-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I6aKCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Peshawar+Nights%22&pg=PA270 |language=en|pages=270}}

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.

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'{{Cite book|last=Howarth|first=Toby|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EXVwgFpsZ-8C&q=%22Peshawar+Nights%22|title=The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears|date=2005-10-04|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-203-01260-4|language=en|pages=206}}
• as reference in footnotes in book 'The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers (Shia) throughout History'{{Cite book|last=Charbonneau|first=Mateen J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tm-xDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Peshawar+Nights%22&pg=PA264|title=The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers (Shia) throughout History|date=2018-09-04|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-312-45203-9|language=en|pages=76, 100, 216, 264, 265}}
• as a reference in magazine 'The Light, Volumes 24-25'{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WF4kAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Peshawar+Nights%22|title=The Light|date=1990|publisher=Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania|language=en|pages=21}}
• in bibliography in book 'Discourses of Mobilization in Post-revolutionary Iran'{{Cite book|last=Azodanloo|first=Heidar Ghajar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2kqeobFTw14C&q=%22Peshawar+Nights%22|title=Discourses of Mobilization in Post-revolutionary Iran|date=1992|publisher=University of Minnesota|language=en|pages=233}}
• mentioned in text of book 'Shi'ism In South East Asia: Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions'

• listed in "Accessions List, Pakistan, Volume 18, 1979" {{cite book |last1=Library of Congress Office, Karachi |first1=Library of Congress |title=Accessions List, Pakistan |date=1979 |publisher=Library of Congress Office-Pakistan, Karachi |page=40 |isbn=978-0-19-577246-3 |edition=Pennsylvania State University |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m0IP7W1gO4AC&q=%22Peshawar+Nights%22 |language=en |format=Listing}}
• listed in "Forthcoming Books, Volume 35, Issue 5"{{cite book |last1=Arny |first1=Rose |title=Forthcoming Books, Volume 35, Issue 5 |date=2000 |publisher=R.R. Bowker Company |pages=486, 1214 |edition=the University of Michigan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6UpYAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Peshawar+Nights%22 |language=en |format=Listing}}

Peshawar Nights has been listed as one of the books "to understand Shia better", it is searchable and downloadable from internet free of charge.{{cite news |last1=Mundadu |first1=Mahfuz |title=Rejoinder: Sharifudeen Ibrahim Muhammad "Zaria Shia Massacre a victory to Muslims"! |url=https://en.abna24.com/news/africa/rejoinder-sharifudeen-ibrahim-muhammad-zaria-shia-massacre-a-victory-to-muslims_899743.html |accessdate=25 June 2020 |work=abna24.com |agency=ABNA |date=30 June 2018 |language=English}}

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.{{cite web |title=Peshawar Nights, by Muhammad Sultan al-Vaizin Shirazi |url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp29536 |website=onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |accessdate=25 June 2020 |format=Catalogue}}
• 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.{{cite web |last1=Blake |first1=Corinne |title=The Journal for Multi Media History, Volume 1 Number 1 ~ Fall 1998 - Teaching Islamic Civilization with Information Technology |url=https://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol1no1/teach-islamic.html |website=www.albany.edu |publisher=State University of New York at Albany |accessdate=25 June 2020 |location=New York |date=1998 |quote=In addition to classical material, the Ahlul Bayt site includes links to full text translations of more contemporary material, from Peshawar Nights...}}
• it is catalogued under 'The Shi'ite Tradition' in the 'Internet Islamic History Sourcebook' of the Fordham University{{cite web |last1=Halsall |first1=Paul |title=Internet History Sourcebooks Project (created 26 Jan 1996: latest revision 2 January 2020) |url=https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/islam/islamsbook.asp |website=sourcebooks.fordham.edu |publisher=Fordham University |accessdate=25 June 2020}}

• A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue

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• Read 'Peshawar Nights' online in - [http://www.shianetwork.org/kazim/peshawar/Peshawar-Nights-english.pdf English], [http://www.shianetwork.org/kazim/peshawar/peshawar_nights_farsi.pdf Persian], [http://www.shianetwork.org/kazim/peshawar/ShabhaeyPeshawar1of2.pdf Urdu (part-1)], [http://www.shianetwork.org/kazim/peshawar/ShabhaeyPeshawar2of2.pdf Urdu (part-2)], [http://www.shianetwork.org/kazim/peshawar/LayalieBishavar.pdf Arabic], [https://www.alhassanain.com/french/book/book/beliefs_library/debates_and_replies/les_nuits_de_pishawar/ French], [http://caferilik.com/kutuphane/book/pe%C5%9Faver-geceleri Azeri], [http://alulbeyt.org/peshawarnights/ Spanish].
• [https://thepeshawarnights.wordpress.com/ Blog dedicated to Peshawar Nights]

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