Allama Rasheed Turabi was an eminent and distinguished Islamic scholar, an outstanding orator, poet and philosopher. Born on July 9, 1908 in Hyderabad Deccan, India, he also served as a member of the Hyderabad Assembly and in the All-India Muslim League. He migrated to Pakistan in 1949 and thereafter devoted himself exclusively to religious and scholarly work.

Educated at Aligarh, Allahabad and Osmania universities, the Allama did his Masters in philosophy and was also a brilliant scholar of Arabic and Persian. He attained mastery in religious thought through studying under the Grand Ayatollahs of Iran and Iraq, and was himself a great Muslim thinker.

He made thousands of speeches, composed poetry and wrote scores of books and articles.

Allama Turabi died in Karachi on December 18, 1973, leaving behind an indelible impression on the intellectual history of Pakistan.

On the 50th anniversary of his death, the Allama Rasheed Turabi Memorial Centre has launched his first official website on his life and times, turabiat.com.