Syeda Ummehani Ashraf

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Syeda Ummehani Ashraf is a senior Professor of Urdu at the Women's College of Aligarh Muslim University.^[1][2] She is the wife of Urdu poet and critic, Syed Amin Ashraf.^{[citation needed]} She has authored books including A study of Classicism and Romanism in Urdu.

Biography[]

Ummehani Ashraf was born to Syed Aale Hasan and Syeda Khatoon on 26 December 1949 at Kichaucha Sharif, Ambedkar Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India.^{[citation needed]} She did her primary schooling at the village madrasa in Kichaucha Shariff. She cleared the matriculation examination as a private candidate in 1966. She received a B.A in 1973 an M.A in 1975, and a PhD degree in 1981 from the Aligarh Muslim University.^{[citation needed]} Her PhD thesis title was Shumaili Hind ke Qasaid Ki Farhang.^[3]

She was appointed Urdu lecturer in the Women's College of the Aligarh Muslim University in 1986. She became a professor in 2002.^{[citation needed]}

Literary works[]

Ummehani Ashraf's works include:

• A study of Classicism and Romanism in Urdu
• Urdu Qaseeda Nigari
• Urdu Marsia Nigari
• A sociological study of Urdu Qaseeda
• A farhang of Urdu Qaseedas as written in North India

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