Women's College
Women's colleges in higher education are undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women. Some women's colleges admit male stud ...
of Aligarh Muslim University. She is the wife of Urdu poet and critic,
Syed Amin Ashraf
Syed Amin Ashraf (10 July 1930 7 February 2013) was an Urdu Ghazal poet and critic. He earned his PhD in English Literature from Aligarh Muslim University on the topic ''Major Themes and Imagery in Sarogini Naidu's Poetry'', and later served ...
. 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
Ambedkar Nagar is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division'') in the Awadh region of the state. This district was established on 29 September 1995 by carvin ...
,
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
, India. She did her primary schooling at the village
madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
in Kichaucha Shariff. She cleared the matriculation examination as a private candidate in 1966. She received a
B.A
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in 1973 an
M.A
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...
in 1975, and a PhD degree in 1981 from the
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...
. Her PhD thesis title was ''Shumaili Hind ke Qasaid Ki Farhang''.http://ir.amu.ac.in/8889/1/T%202415.pdf
She was appointed Urdu lecturer in the Women's College of the Aligarh Muslim University in 1986. She became a professor in 2002.
Literary works
Ummehani Ashraf's works include:
* ''A study of Classicism and Romanism in Urdu''
* ''Urdu Qaseeda Nigari''
* ''Urdu Marsia Nigari''
* ''A sociological study of Urdu Qaseeda''
* ''A farhang of Urdu Qaseedas as written in North India''