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Photograph of Allama Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai

Description: Photograph of (late) Allama Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai, A famous Hunza Burushaski poet, a religious scholar and prolific writer. He is considered to be the first ever to publish Burushaski poetry. He is also one of the few who devised Perso-Arabic based alphabets to write Burushaski. His Burushaski-Urdu Dictionary was published posthumously by the Burushaski Research Academy (BRA) - The NGO that he had founded. He is also known as "Baba-e-Burushaski" (the father of (Hunza) Burushaski).
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Photograph of Ghulamuddin Ghulam Hunzai

Description: Photograph of Ghulamuddin Ghulam Hunzai, a respected veteran scholar and a well known poet (Hunza Burushaski and Persian). He has translated the Quran into Burushaski language for the first time. He is one of the few individuals who devised Perso-Arabic script based alphabets for writing and publishing Burushaski in 1940s.
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Partner: UNT College of Information
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