Shabir Hussain dead: ‘The King of Curry’ an inventor of the ‘naan tree’ has died aged 56

Yorkshire Post

In a facebook post Akbar's restaurant said:   "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un  ‎ "Surely to Allah we belong and to Him we will all return. It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Shabir Hussain, founder of Akbars Restaurant Group.  All restaurants will now be closed and will reopen on Friday 18th October at 5pm.  Please remember Shabir Hussain in your prayers. May Allah (SWT) grant him the highest rank in Jannah and bring peace and strength to his family during this difficult time."  Rate My Takeaway's Danny Malin pays tribute.

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00:00Woke up this morning to the very sad news, the passing of Hussein, who is the CEO of

00:08Akbar's, one of the best curry places I've ever been to, to be honest.

00:13A bit choked up, to be fair, because this guy was a bit of a pioneer for curries, I've

00:18met him once, and such a lovely fellow, great businessman, great ambassador for curries,

00:25and he actually, you know, he invented the Naan tree, which is one of my favourite things now,

00:32when I go to any Indian restaurant, a lot of them are trying to replicate the Naan tree,

00:37but he had it, there's a video out there where he explains how he came up with this idea,

00:41but yeah, you know, love to his family and his friends, you know, gone way before his time,

00:49and like I say, such an inspiration to the job they were in, to the Indian food,

00:55and you know, like I say, the food there's class, so you know,

01:00this guy will be seldom missed, rest in peace my friend.

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