Muhammad Latif Ansari
Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari | |
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Professor Ansari in his latter life | |
| Title | Hujjat al-Islam |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 30 September 1887 AD (12th Muharram 1305 AH) |
| Died | 1979 AD (aged 92) |
| Cause of death | Illness, Partial Paralysis |
| Nationality | Pakistani-Indian |
| Era | 20th Century |
| Region | South Asia, Kenya |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic History |
| Notable work(s) | Tārīk̲h̲-i Ḥasan Mujtabá; Karbalā kī kahānī, Qurʼān kī zabānī |
| Occupation | Professor, Scholar |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Shia Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Ja'fari |
| Creed | Ithna 'asheriyya |
| Muslim leader | |
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Hujjat al-Islam Professor Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari (1887-1979), alternatively spelled Muḥammad Latīf Anṣārī, was a 20th-century Shia Muslim scholar, poet, historian, and cleric from Pakistan.
Ansari was born in British India, but migrated to the newly formed Pakistan immediately after it achieved independence. In Pakistan, he took up residence in the city of Wazirabad. He spent much of his life in Kenya, where he is remembered to this day by the Shia community for bringing active and organized Shi'ism to the country. Ansari spent the last ten years of his life partially paralysed. Although he was a prolific author, many of his books were not published.