Waheed Ashraf

1933 –

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Who is Waheed Ashraf?

Syed Waheed Ashraf is an Indian Sufi, scholar and poet of Persian and Urdu languages. He obtained his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University. The topic of his Ph.D. dissertation was ‘A critical edition of Lataife Ashrafi'. After serving in many universities in India, he retired as Head, Department of Arabic, Persian and Urdu, University of Madras, India, in 1993. Conversant with over half a dozen languages, he writes in Urdu, Persian and English and has authored/edited/compiled over 35 books and numerous research articles. He is a recipient of several awards and honors from within India and abroad. He has focused on upholding and propagating the principles and practices of Sufism.

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Born
Feb 4, 1933

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on July 23, 2013

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