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Sehab al-Din Razawi (1844 – 30 June 1930), was a Sufi scholar who born in or near Peshawar in modern-day Pakistan, and was descended from Omar Sohravardi . Adib was a master of Persian literature . When Adib was a young man, the border wars between the British and the Afghan tribes resulted in the deaths of his father and many other relatives.1 He moved to Iran in 1877 and enrolled at the madrasa of Molla Hadi Sabzevari in Sabzavr, where he was exposed to advanced philosophical lectures. Having lost his father and relatives as a result of British wars, Adib Pishavari was a critic of British colonial policies in Iran and the region, which he deemed "evil"; in his writings, Adib likened the United Kingdom to an "old fox", an "ominous raven", and a "venomous viper".2 The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (in Persian) . Philosophy in Qajar Iran .
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Sehab al-Din Razawi (1844 – 30 June 1930), was a Sufi scholar who born in or near Peshawar in modern-day Pakistan, and was descended from Omar Sohravardi . Adib was a master of Persian literature . When Adib was a young man, his father and several other relatives were killed in action while fighting in the Anglo-Persian War . He moved to Iran in 1877 and enrolled at the madrasa of Molla Hadi Sabzevari in Sabzavr, where he was exposed to advanced philosophical lectures. Motivated by the death of his father and other relatives in the Anglo-Persian War, Adib developed an intense Anglophobia and was frequently critical of British foreign policy in the Middle East ; in his writings, Adib likened the United Kingdom to several animals such as an " old fox ", "ominous raven ", and a "venomous viper ". The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (in Persian) . Philosophy in Qajar Iran .
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