Makhdum Sharifi Shirazi ( Persian : مخدوم شریفی شیرازی ) was a Persian Sunni statesman and author, who served as the minister of religious affairs ( sadr ) during the reign of Ismail II (r. 1576–77), and ultimately took refuge in the Ottoman Empire , where he wrote the al-Nawaqez le-bonyān al-rawafez , a sizable anti- Shia argumentative book.