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Revision as of 04:44, 14 December 2024 by ZyphorianNexus (talk | contribs) (→top: ce, clarification needed)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Syed Najeeb Ashraf Nadvi (1 November 1901–September 1968) was an Indian historian, writer, critic, translator and Islamic scholar. He worked on the books which were lesser known by people. He served as the director of Anjuman-i-Islam Urdu Research Institute in Mumbai from 1956 until his death in 1968.
Nadvi was as a researcher at the Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, in Azamgarh from 1925 to 1930 and later became 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 in Armori, Chaanda district, Maharashtra to Dr. Mubeen Ashraf Desnavi. His family had ancestral roots in Desna, Bihar.
Nadvi received his early education in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Marathi at his home, before being sent to the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, in Lucknow in 1909. He studied there until 1913, but did not complete his education. That year, during a student strike at Nadwatul Ulama, he returned to Patna and enrolled in an English-medium school.
Later, Nadvi moved to Kolkata at the invitation of his brother to pursue higher education. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Calcutta University in 1924. He left his education in the 1920s after a Master of Arts degree, to actively participate in the Khilafat Movement and Tark-e-Mavalat Movement.
Books
- Nadvi, Najeeb Ashraf (1981). Muqaddamah-yi ruqʻāt-i ʻĀlamgīr: yaʻnī Aʻlá Ḥaz̤rat Sult̤ān al-Hind Muḥammad Aurangzeb ʻĀlamgīr raḥmat Allāh ʻalaih ke majmūʻah-yi ruqʻāt va k̲h̲ut̤ūt̤ va marāsalāt par muqaddamah aur tafṣīlī tabṣirah ... (in Urdu). Dār al-Muṣannifīn.
References
- ^ Parekh, Rauf (2021-08-30). "Literary Notes: Najeeb Ashraf Nadvi: an unsung scholar of Urdu". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- Kāẓmī, Muḥammad Raz̤ā (2007). Pakistan Studies for B.A./B.Sc./B.Com./B.Sc. (home Economics). Oxford University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-19-547229-5.
- Khan, Dr Javed Ali. "Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy". The Milli Gazette. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- Rāʼepūrī, Ak̲h̲tar Ḥusain (2007). The Dust of the Road: A Translation of Gard-e-Raah. Translated by Azfar, Amina. Oxford University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-19-547215-8.
Bibliography
- Tāj, Riyāsat ʻAlī (1981). Sayyed Nejeeb Ashraf Nadvi (in Urdu). Maktabah-yi Shiʻr o Ḥikmat.