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Sayyid Sa‘eed Akhtar Rizvi (Urdu: سيد سعيد اختر رضوي) (1927-2002) was an Indian born, Twelver Shī‘ah scholar, who promoted Islam in East Africa. He was given authorizations (Arabic: اجازة) by fourteen Grand Ayatullahs for riwayah, Qazawah, and Umur-e-Hasbiyah. Rizvi was born in Ushri, Saran district, Bihar state, India, in 1927. His father was Sayyid Abul Hassan Rizvi and who was also a Maulana. He had five sons and two daughters. His second eldest son, Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi lives in Toronto, Canada. Sayyid Sa‘eed Akhtar Rizvi spoke Urdu, English, Arabic, Persian, Swahili and knew Hindi and Gujarati.