A brief introduction by Syed Hyder Mehdi - Raza Hussain Khan better known as Allamah Rasheed Turabi was born at Hyderabad, India, in 1908. He obtained his Masters and Law degrees from Osmania University but instead of taking up the practice of Law he preferred to study the nuances of religion in depth. This quest led him to gain expertise in Arabic and Persian languages. For a short period he also visited Lucknow to study theology. He had become well known as a Khateeb or a s