Syeda Ummehani Ashraf

Indian academic

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Syeda Ummehani Ashraf
Born	(1949-12-26) 26 December 1949 (age 74) Kichaucha Sharif, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian

Academic work
Era	contemporary
Discipline	Urdu language
Institutions	Aligarh Muslim University
Personal
Religion	Islam

Main interests	Urdu Qaseeda

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]}