Ali Muhsin al-Barwani

Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani (born 13 January 1919 in Stone Town - died 20 March 2006 in Muscat, Oman) was a Zanzibari politician and diplomat under the Sultanate of Zanzibar. He was the first and 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 Qu'ran into Swahili (Swahili kiUnguja) Qur'ani Tukufu for which he is most prominently known.