Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn Assad Abadi ( ), also known as Sayyid Jamāl ad-Dīn Asadābādī (  ) and commonly known as Assad Abadi (1838/1839 – 9 March 1897), was a 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 Europe and Hindu–Muslim unity in India against the British,Ludwig W. Adamec, Historical Dictionary of Islam (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2001), p. 32 he has been described as being less interested in minor differences in Islamic jurisprudence than he was in organizing a united response to Western pressure.Vali Nasr, The Sunni Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future (New York: Norton, 2006), p. 103. He is also known for his involvement with his follower Mirza Reza Kermani in the successful plot to assassinate Shah Naser-al-Din, whom Assad Abadi considered to be making too many concessions to foreign powers, especially the British Empire.
Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghani (Pashto/ ), also known as Sayyid Jamāl ad-Dīn Asadābādī ( Pashto/ ) and commonly known as Al-Afghani (1838/1839 – 9 March 1897), was a 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 Europe and Hindu–Muslim unity in India against the British,Ludwig W. Adamec, Historical Dictionary of Islam (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2001), p. 32 he has been described as being less interested in minor differences in Islamic jurisprudence than he was in organizing a united response to Western pressure.Vali Nasr, The Sunni Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future (New York: Norton, 2006), p. 103. He is also known for his involvement with his follower Mirza Reza Kermani in the successful plot to assassinate Shah Naser-al-Din, whom Assad Abadi considered to be making too many concessions to foreign powers, especially the British Empire.
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