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Peshawar Nights
Author	Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi
Original title	شب‌های پیشاور
Language	en
Subject	Shia-Sunni debate
Genre	Polemic
Published	1st ed. 1977
Publication place	Iran

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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.

Background

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

The title of the book is a translation of the original Persian title, Shabhaye-Peshawar.^[2] 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^[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

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

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

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

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

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]

References

^ "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.
^ Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Sulṭān al-Vāʻiẓīn (1996). Peshawar Nights. Ansaryian Publications.
^ Peshawar Nights. Yasin Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-964-438-320-5. {{cite book}}: |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

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

[1] "Peshawar Nights". Al-Islam.org. 2013-01-26.

[preface-2] "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. Yasin Publications. 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.

[sisea-18] 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.

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-'''Peshawar Nights''' ({{rtl-lang|fa|شبهای پیشاور در دفاع از حریم تشیع}}) is a written firsthand account by [[Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi]] ("Prince of Preachers from Shiraz")<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-01-26|title=Peshawar Nights|url=https://www.al-islam.org/peshawar-nights-sayyid-muhammad-al-musawi-al-shirazi|website=Al-Islam.org|language=en}}</ref>  about dialogues between [[Sunni Muslim|Sunni]] scholars and [[Shia Muslim|Shia]] author, about major topics relating to [[Shia Islam]].<ref name="preface">{{Cite web|date=2013-01-26|title=Translators' Preface|url=https://www.al-islam.org/peshawar-nights-sultan-al-waadhim-sayyid-muhammad-al-musawi-ash-shirazi/translators-preface|website=Al-Islam.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-05|title=Author: Sultan al-Wa’izin Shirazi|url=https://thepeshawarnights.wordpress.com/author-sultan-al-waizin-shirazi/|website=Peshawar Nights|language=en-GB}}</ref>
+'''Peshawar Nights''' ({{lang|fa|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"),<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-01-26|title=Peshawar Nights|url=https://www.al-islam.org/peshawar-nights-sayyid-muhammad-al-musawi-al-shirazi|website=Al-Islam.org|language=en}}</ref> recalling ten days of dialogues between two [[Sunni Muslim|Sunni]] scholars and a [[Shia Muslim|Shia]] author about major topics relating to [[Shia Islam]],<ref name="preface">{{Cite web|date=2013-01-26|title=Translators' Preface|url=https://www.al-islam.org/peshawar-nights-sultan-al-waadhim-sayyid-muhammad-al-musawi-ash-shirazi/translators-preface|website=Al-Islam.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-05|title=Author: Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi|url=https://thepeshawarnights.wordpress.com/author-sultan-al-waizin-shirazi/|website=Peshawar Nights|language=en-GB}}</ref> 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 language|Persian]] and published in [[Tehran]] and has subsequently been translated into several languages, the first English edition was published in 1977 in Pakistan.
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+== Background ==
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-It recounts a public debate between [[Shia Islam|Shia]] Muslims and [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] Muslims, that took place in the city of [[Peshawar]] in the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North-West Frontier Province]] of [[British Raj|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.<ref name="preface"/> The Shia were victorious in debate.
+It recounts a public debate between [[Shia Islam|Shia]] Muslims and [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] Muslims, that took place in the city of [[Peshawar]] in the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North-West Frontier Province]] of [[British Raj|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.<ref name="preface"/>
 According to the preface:
-{{quote|A condition of the dialogue was that only sources acceptable to both sects would be cited. The dialogue was held in [[Persian language|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.<ref>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.</ref>}}
+{{blockquote|A condition of the dialogue was that only sources acceptable to both sects would be cited. The dialogue was held in [[Persian language|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.<ref>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.</ref>}}
-==English Editions==
+== English editions ==
+The title of the book is a translation of the original [[Persian language|Persian]] title, ''Shabhaye-Peshawar.''<ref name="preface"/> 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:
-[[File:PeshawarNightsEnglishEditions.png|thumb|260px|Different English editions.]]
+* A digest by Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust, Pakistan from the 1970s<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-The book is translation of original [[Persian language|Persian]] title ''Shabhaye-Peshawar'',<ref name="preface"/> with multiple English publications available,
-* it was published in 1970s as a digest by Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust, Pakistan<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=pbgTxgEACAAJ&dq=%22Peshawar+nights%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSrv6PvvDpAhXD2KQKHTGvBHQQ6AEIRzAE|title=Digest Peshawar Nights (convincing Shia Sunni Dialogue)|date=1977|publisher=Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust|language=en}}</ref>
+* A translation by Hamid Quinlan and Charles Ali Campbell, published by [[Ansariyan Publications]], Iran, from the 1990s<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-* in 1990s it's traslation by Hamid Quinlan and  Charles Ali Campbell was published by [[Ansariyan Publications]], Iran.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shīrāzī|first=Muḥammad Sulṭān al-Vāʻiẓīn|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ZRyrwAEACAAJ&dq=%22Peshawar+nights%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSrv6PvvDpAhXD2KQKHTGvBHQQ6AEIVDAG|title=Peshawar Nights|date=1996|publisher=Ansaryian Publications|language=en}}</ref>
+* From the UK in the 2000s<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+* Multiple times in the 2010s:
-* in 2010s it has been published multiple times,
-** in 2013 (two parts), part-1<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanu'l-wa'izin|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=e1xPngEACAAJ&dq=Peshawar%20nights&source=gbs_book_other_versions|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2013-12-06|publisher=Createspace Independent Pub|isbn=978-1-4943-4845-8|language=en}}</ref> & part-2<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanu'l-Wa'izin|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9jFMngEACAAJ&dq=Peshawar%20nights&source=gbs_book_other_versions|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2013-12-06|publisher=Createspace Independent Pub|isbn=978-1-4943-4846-5|language=en}}</ref>
+** In 2013, two parts; Part 1<ref>{{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}}</ref> & Part 2<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-** in Feb 2014<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanul Wa'izin|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=x8T8oAEACAAJ&dq=Peshawar+nights&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjxwd_pwfDpAhXB_qQKHScoDoQQ6AEIKDAA|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}}</ref>
+** In February 2014<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-** in Sep 2014 (two parts), part-1<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanul Waizin|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=FnnloQEACAAJ&dq=Peshawar%20nights&source=gbs_book_other_versions|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2014-09-28|publisher=Createspace Independent Pub|isbn=978-1-5025-3303-6|language=en}}</ref> & part-2<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanui Waizin|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=7k3joQEACAAJ&dq=Peshawar%20nights&source=gbs_book_other_versions|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2014-09-28|publisher=Createspace Independent Pub|isbn=978-1-5025-3305-0|language=en}}</ref>
+** In September 2014, two parts; Part 1<ref>{{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}}</ref> & Part 2<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-** in Jul 2015 (two parts), part-1 & part-2<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanu'l-wa'izin|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=P6YgswEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN1519112386|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2015-07-20|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-5151-0300-4|language=en}}</ref>
+** In July 2015, two parts; Part 1 & Part 2<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-** in Nov 2015 (two parts), part-1<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanu'l-wa'izin|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=YOlpjwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN1519112386|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2015-11-04|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-5191-1238-5|language=en}}</ref> & part-2<ref>{{Cite book|last=XK|first=Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi-|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-M-sjgEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=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}}</ref>
+** In November 2015, two parts; Part 1<ref>{{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}}</ref> & Part 2<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-** in 2017 (two parts), part-1<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shirazi|first=Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Sultanu'l-Wa'izin|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=raw1swEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN1519112386|title=PESHAWAR NIGHTS Part - 1|date=2017-10-10|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-9779-2374-5|language=en}}</ref> & part-2
+** In 2017, two parts; Part 1<ref>{{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}}</ref> & Part 2
-** in 2018<ref>{{Cite book|last=As-Sayyid|first=Sultan al-Wa'adhin|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=M0m5jwEACAAJ&dq=Peshawar+nights&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjxwd_pwfDpAhXB_qQKHScoDoQQ6AEINzAC|title=Peshawar Nights|date=2018-02-16|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-9856-0188-8|language=en}}</ref>
+** In 2018<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-==Translations in other languages==
+== Translations in other languages ==
+Apart from English, the book has been translated into several other languages from original Persian. It is available in:
-Apart from English, the book has been translated into several other languages from original Persian. It is available in [[Urdu]], [[Arabic]], [[French language|French]] and [[Azeri]]. In [[Indonesian language|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''.<ref name="sisea">{{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.co.in/books?id=I6aKCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&dq=%22Peshawar+Nights%22&source=bl&ots=VstqCeOxzG&sig=ACfU3U2Gu1EclLK8L9zBPPybU9CAUBmwLw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ9sGE9ZnqAhWJsaQKHZlNBz84MhDoATABegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=%22Peshawar%20Nights%22&f=false |language=en|pages=270}}</ref>
+* [[Persian language|Persian]] ({{lang|fa|شب‌های پیشاور}})
+* [[English language|English]] ({{lang|en|Peshawar Nights}})
+* [[Urdu]] ({{lang|ur|شب‌های پیشاور}})
+* [[Arabic]] ({{lang|ar|ليالي بيشاور}})
+* [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]] ({{lang|az|Pişəvər gecələri}}))
+* [[French language|French]] ({{lang|fr|Les Nuits de Pishawar}})
+* [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ({{lang|es|Las Noches de Peshawar}})
+* [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] ({{lang|id|Mazhab Syia}}, {{lang|id|Mazhab Pecinta Keluarga Nabi: Kajian al-Quran dan Sunnah}}). In [[Indonesian language|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''.<ref name="sisea">{{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}}</ref>
+== Book's coverage ==
-==Citations and mentions==
+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 works,
-* as a reference in book 'The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears'<ref>{{Cite book|last=Howarth|first=Toby|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=EXVwgFpsZ-8C&q=%22Peshawar+Nights%22&dq=%22Peshawar+Nights%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim48eAt_DpAhXB66QKHdheDaY4FBDoAQhAMAM|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}}</ref>
+=== Citations and mentions ===
-* as reference in footnotes in book 'The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers (Shia) throughout History'<ref>{{Cite book|last=Charbonneau|first=Mateen J.|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=tm-xDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA264&dq=%22Peshawar+Nights%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3s566tvDpAhWDCewKHahPD7QQ6AEIWjAH#v=onepage&q=%22Peshawar%20Nights%22&f=false|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}}</ref>
+The book has been cited or mentioned by later books, journal, etc. including,
-* as a reference in magazine 'The Light, Volumes 24-25'<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=WF4kAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Peshawar+Nights%22&dq=%22Peshawar+Nights%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim48eAt_DpAhXB66QKHdheDaY4FBDoAQheMAc|title=The Light|date=1990|publisher=Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania|language=en|pages=21}}</ref>
-* in bibliography in book 'Discourses of Mobilization in Post-revolutionary Iran'<ref>{{Cite book|last=Azodanloo|first=Heidar Ghajar|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=2kqeobFTw14C&q=%22Peshawar+Nights%22&dq=%22Peshawar+Nights%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim48eAt_DpAhXB66QKHdheDaY4FBDoAQhIMAQ|title=Discourses of Mobilization in Post-revolutionary Iran|date=1992|publisher=University of Minnesota|language=en|pages=233}}</ref>
+* as a reference in book 'The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears'<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+* as reference in footnotes in book 'The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers (Shia) throughout History'<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-* in text of book 'Shi'ism In South East Asia: Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions'<ref name="sisea"/>
+* as a reference in magazine 'The Light, Volumes 24-25'<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+* in bibliography in book 'Discourses of Mobilization in Post-revolutionary Iran'<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+* mentioned in text of book 'Shi'ism In South East Asia: Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions'<ref name="sisea"/>
+=== Listings ===
+* listed in "Accessions List, Pakistan, Volume 18, 1979" <ref>{{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}}</ref>
+* listed in "Forthcoming Books, Volume 35, Issue 5"<ref>{{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}}</ref>
 Peshawar Nights has been listed as one of the books ''"to understand Shia better"'', it is searchable and downloadable from internet free of charge.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-==See also==
+=== Academia ===
+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 [[University of Pennsylvania#Libraries|library]] of [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+* it is mentioned as one of the 'contemporary material' suggested for use as teaching/reference material by [[University at Albany, SUNY|University at Albany]] in its ''The Journal for Multi Media History''.<ref>{{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...}}</ref>
+* it is catalogued under 'The Shi'ite Tradition' in the 'Internet Islamic History Sourcebook' of the [[Fordham University]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+== See also ==
 * [[A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue]]
-==References==
+== References ==
 {{reflist}}
-==External links==
+== External links ==
-* 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].
+* 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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