Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai

Partaw-i Shah Nasir al-Din Nasir Hubb-i 'Ali Hunzai
'Allamah Hunzai pictured in front of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
Born	Partaw-i Shah (1917-05-17)17 May 1917 Pakistan
Died	(2017-01-15)15 January 2017
Occupation	Theologian, Philosopher, Poet and Linguist
Nationality	Pakistani
Subject	Islamic theology, metaphysics, hermeneutics, teleology; poetry; linguistics
Notable awards	Sitarah-yi Imtiyaz; Baba-yi Burushaski; Lisan al-Qawm; Hakim al-Qalam

Partaw-i Shah Nasir al-Din Nasir Hubb-i 'Ali Hunzai (15 May 1917 – 14 January 2017), known also as 'Allamah (lit. learned) Hunzai^[1], 'Allamah Sahib,^[2] or by his epithets, Baba-yi Burushaski^[3] (lit. The Father of Burushaski), Lisan al-Qawm^[3] (lit. The Nation's Spokesman) and Hakim al-Qalam^[3] (lit. The Sage of the Pen), was a 20th and 21st century theologian, philosopher, Isma'ili scholar, poet and linguist known for his work on Islamic theology, metaphysics, hermeneutics, poetry and the Burushaski language. His one-hundred-and-twenty-five works of theological and philosophical prose thoroughly repurpose and build extensively upon classical Isma'ili thought,^[4] setting forth original theological, metaphysical and teleological expositions, based on the historically unprecedented philosophical injunctions of the 48th Isma'ili Imam, Sultan Muhammad Shah.^[5] These works also constitute a vast corpus of original Isma'ili esoteric exegesis,^[4] which reflects a deeper engagement with the process of ta'wil (lit. to bring a thing back to its origin) than can be found in previous Isma'ili hermeneutical works. He was also an engaged socio-political activist, advocating for female education and women's rights, cultural pluralism and language preservation.