Iftikhar Hussain Ansari
Iftikhar Hussain Ansari | |
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| افتخار حسين الأنصاري | |
| Constituency | Pattan, Baramulla, Kashmir |
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| Born | 26 April 1942 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British Raj |
| Died | 30 September 2014 (aged 72) Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India |
| Resting place | Baba Mazar, Zadibal, Srinagar |
| Party | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |
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| Children | Imran Raza Ansari, Irfan Raza Ansari, and a daughter |
| Alma mater | Sultanul Madaris, Lucknow, India Hawza Elmia Najaf, Najaf, Iraq |
| Occupation | Politician, Businessman, Religious Cleric |
Iftikhar Hussain Ansari (26 April 1942 – 30 September 2014), widely known among his followers as Moulvi Sahib, was a Kashmiri Shia cleric, politician, businessman and a proponent of the Grand Ashura Procession In Kashmir. Ansari was a Wakil (Representative) of Ayatollah Sistani. He was also the representative of Ruhollah Khomeini.
He was one of the leading Shia clerics in Kashmir and had close relations with multiple other important scholars such as Sayyid Jawad Shahristani, Mohammad Alavi Gorgani and Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani. He studied at Sultanul Madaris Lucknow, as well as Hawza Najaf. He succeeded his father Muhammad Jawad Ansari as president of the All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association in Jammu & Kashmir in 1962, a position which he held for life. He was four-time member of Jammu and Kashmir's Legislative Assembly for the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party from Pattan Assembly segment; he was earlier a member of the National Conference and Congress.
In 1978, He along with Abdul Ghani Lone founded the Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference of which his son and brother are now a part.