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Syed Najeeb Ashraf Nadvi was an Indian historian, writer, critic, translator and Islamic scholar. He had worked on the books which were lesser known by people. He had served as the director of Anjuman-i-Islam Urdu Research Institute, a research institute based in Mumbai from 1956 to till his death. He had served as a researcher at the Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, a research institute based in Azamgarh from 1925 to 1930 and served as a professor at Ismail Yousuf College, Mumbai from 1931 to 1956.
Early life and education
Syed Najeeb Ashraf Nadvi was born as Syed Najeeb Ashraf at Armori in Chaanda district of Maharashtra, while his parents and ancestors belonged to Desna, Bihar.
He took his early education of Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Marathi at his home, and then sent to the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, an Institute based in Lucknow in 1909 where he remained till 1913, but he hasn't completed his education there. In 1913, when the students of Nadwatul Ulama went on strike, Nadvi was called back to Patna, where he was enrolled in an English-medium school.
Nadvi was called to Kolkata by his brother to pursue his graduation, where he completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1924 from Calcutta University, but he left his education in 1920s to participate actively in the Khilafat Movement and Tark-e-Mavalat Movement.
Books
References
- ^ Parekh, Rauf (2021-08-30). "Literary Notes: Najeeb Ashraf Nadvi: an unsung scholar of Urdu". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-12-13.