During Nader's presence in Iraq during the Ottoman-Persian war, he was advised that Nasrallah was one of the senior scholars of Iraq, and so he sought him to lead the intra-Muslim faith campaign[65]. Nasrallah was a firm believer and advocate for peace between the two sects, and gladly pursued the cause throughout the country. However, he eventually began to understand that Nader Shah's efforts were purely for political gain and hardly for religious conviction, and so developed some reservations.