Ali Muhsin al-Barwani

Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani (13 January 1919 in Stone Town – 20 March 2006 in Muscat, Oman) was a Zanzibari politician and diplomat under the Sultanate of Zanzibar. He was the only Arab foreign minister of an independent Zanzibar before the establishment of the People's Republic of Zanzibar. When his government was overthrown in January 1964 Barwani was held in detention centers across Tanzania until his release in 1974, when he fled to Kenya as a refugee. After obtaining refugee status, Barwani moved to Cairo then back to Kenya then to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In the UAE, Barwani translated the Qur'an into Swahili (Swahili kiUnguja) Qur'an for which he is most known.

Education

Barwani graduated from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, in 1942.

External links

• Online Quran Project includes the Qur'an translation by Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani.
• Obituary at coastweek.com Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Qur'ani Tukufu
• Holy Qur'an Swahili Translation