Muhammad Latif Ansari

Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari
Professor Ansari in his latter life
Title	Hujjat al-Islam
Personal
Born	30 September 1887 AD (12th Muharram 1305 AH) British India
Died	1979 AD (aged 92)
Cause of death	Illness, Partial Paralysis
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Pakistani-Indian
Era	20th Century
Region	South Asia, Kenya
Denomination	Shia Islam
Jurisprudence	Ja'fari
Creed	Ithna 'asheriyya
Main interest(s)	Islamic History
Notable work(s)	Tārīk̲h̲-i Ḥasan Mujtabá; Karbalā kī kahānī, Qurʼān kī zabānī
Occupation	Professor, Scholar
Muslim leader
Influenced Sayyid Ali Ashgar Razwy

Hujjat al-Islam Professor Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari (1887-1979), alternatively spelled Muḥammad Latīf Anṣārī,^[1] was a 20th-century Shia Muslim scholar, poet, historian, and cleric from Pakistan.^{[2] [3]}

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.^[4] Ansari spent the last ten years of his life partially paralysed. Although he was a prolific author, many of his books were not published.