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Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi
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Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi ( ), (19 September 1948 – 10 February 2002) widely known as Adeeb-e-Asr ( ادیب عصر ) and Allamah Shaoor ( علامہ شعور ), was an Indian Twelver Shī'ah scholar, public speaker, translator, and historian as well as an author and poet.1 He authored and translated many Islamic books and also wrote many articles and poems.2 He received the title Adeeb-e-Asr ( , "Writer of the era") from Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi during the tour of Iran in 1990.
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twelver shī'ah scholar
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indian twelver shī'ah
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