Syeda Ummehani Ashraf, Date of Birth

Syeda Ummehani Ashraf

linguist

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1949

Profession: linguist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Syeda Ummehani Ashraf is a senior Professor of Urdu at Women's College, Aligarh Muslim University.
She is the wife of Urdu poet and critic, Syed Amin Ashraf, who was a faculty member at the Department of English at the same university.
The couple belongs to the family of Hashemite Syeds of Kichaucha Shariff (known as the Ashrafi family).
She is the first lady of the Ashrafi clan to earn a doctorate degree and a professorship in a university.
Her PhD thesis title was Shumaili Hind KE Qasaid Ki Farhang.
She has set a precedent for women of her clan to aspire for higher education.
She has written five books and a number of research articles and short stories.