Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani سید جمالالدین افغانی | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Sayyid Jamaluddin ibn Safdar 1839 |
| Died | 9 March 1897 (aged 58) |
| Cause of death | Oral cancer |
| Resting place | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Nationality | Disputed |
| Notable idea(s) | Pan-Islamism α, Sunni-Shia unity, against the British |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Creed | Disputed |
| Movement | Modernism Pan-Islamism Neo-Sufism Islamism |
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Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (Pashto/Persian: سید جمالالدین افغانی), also known as Jamāl ad-Dīn Asadābādī (Persian: سید جمالالدین اسدآبادی) and commonly known as Al-Afghani (1838/1839 – 9 March 1897), was an Iranian political activist and Islamic ideologist who travelled throughout the Muslim world during the late 19th century. He is one of the founders of Islamic Modernism as well as an advocate of Pan-Islamic unity in India against the British.
He has been described as having been less interested in minor differences in Islamic jurisprudence than he was in organizing a united response to Western pressure. He is also known for his involvement with his follower Mirza Reza Kermani in the successful plot to assassinate Shah Naser-al-Din, whom Afghani considered to be making too many concessions to foreign powers, especially the British Empire.